Book Reviewed by:Recent research suggests about 4-5% of Americans are currently in relationships that break the convention of monogamy. While there is some fluidity to the terms used for different types of non-monogamy, an open relationship often refers to a couple being romantically and emotionally, but not sexually, monogamous, while polyamory often refers to the practice or option of having multiple relationships of a sexual and romantic nature. The common factor in all consensually non-monogamous relationships is that, by definition, everyone involved in the arrangement is aware of and consents to the terms of it.
With the visibility of non-monogamous relationships on the rise, we're also seeing more of them in the literary world. In Ways and Means by Daniel Lefferts, the main character is sleeping with both members of a couple. Below are five other books that depict polyamorous or open relationships.
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
This 2021 science-fiction fantasy novel, ...
