9 Best psychology books like Open Monogamy by Tammy Nelson

Cover of Open Monogamy by Tammy Nelson

Open Monogamy

By: Tammy Nelson

4.12

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Dr. Tammy Nelson is a relationship revolutionary. Her rethinking of monogamy―as a practice, a conti…

If you liked the psychology plot in Open Monogamy by Tammy Nelson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Dossie Easton, Catherine A. Liszt

1. The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

By: Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt

3.93

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

The essential guide for singles and couples who want to explore polyamory in ways that are ethicall… read more

Similar categories in Dossie Easton's The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • polyamory
  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • psychology
"Nymphomaniac: a woamn that has more sex than you."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"When you respect your limits, other will learn to respect them too."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"A ring around the finger does not cause a nerve block to the genitals."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

"Fighting is the ultimate act of intimacy. (...) Intimacy is based on shared vulnerability."

-Dossie Easton, The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities

Cover of Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them by David J. Ley

2. Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them

By: David J. Ley

3.94

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

This enlightening work investigates the history, incidence, and causes of a unique sexual lifestyle… read more

Similar categories in David J. Ley's Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships by Tristan Taormino

3. Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships

By: Tristan Taormino

4.10

Format: 668 pages,

Relationship expert and bestselling author Tristan Taormino offers a bold new strategy for creating… read more

Similar categories in Tristan Taormino's Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • polyamory
  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • psychology
Cover of Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality by Christopher  Ryan, Cacilda Jethá

4. Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

By: Christopher Ryan , Cacilda Jethá

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Since Darwin's day, we've been told that sexual monogamy comes naturally to our species. Mainstream… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Ryan's Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • psychology
"But with trust we can strive to accept even what we cannot understand."

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

"Our sense of the full range of human nature, like our diet, has been steadily reduced. No matter how nourishing it might be, anything wild gets pulled - though as we'll see, some of the weeds growing…"

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

"Societies in which women have lots of autonomy and authority tend to be decidedly male-friendly, relaxed, tolerant, and plenty sexy. Got that, fellas? If you're unhappy at the amount of sexual opport…"

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

"The conditions necessary for devastating epidemics or pandemics just didn't exist until the agricultural revolution. The claim that modern medicine and sanitation save us from infectious diseases tha…"

-Christopher Ryan, Sex at Dawn: The Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality

5. Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic

By: Esther Perel

3.79

Format: 704 pages,

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6. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

By: Yvon Chouinard

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and fo… read more

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7. The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity

By: Esther Perel

3.75

Format: 263 pages, ebook

Iconic couples' therapist and bestselling author of Mating in CaptivityEsther Perel returns with a … read more

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8. The Smart Girl's Guide to Polyamory: Everything You Need to Know About Open Relationships, Non-Monogamy, and Alternative Love

By: Dedeker Winston

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

No one likes a know-it-all, but everyone loves a girl with brains and heart. The Smart Girl's Guide… read more

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9. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

By: Becky Chambers

4.41

Format: 336 pages, ebook

With no water, no air, and no native life, the planet Gora is unremarkable. The only thing it has g… read more

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  • audiobook
"The gendered expectations of parenting were dissolving, but even though women could be found working in creches now, there was still an enormous difference between the person who produced an egg and …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"In traditional Aeluon culture, a mother was not a parent. Parents were men and shon. Parents went to school for it. Parents were the people who actually raised children, not those who had done the ea…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Then, what is your reason?' 'I don't know!' Pei rubbed her face in frustration. 'There is no reason why I don't want to do this! I'm healthy! I'm clearly capable! Everybody I know who's ever gone to …"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

"Just because there’s no one living on a planet does not mean it’s yours for the taking. Do you not see how dangerous that mindset is? Do you not think that treating the galaxy as if it is something t…"

-Becky Chambers, The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

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10. Grand Hotel Europa

By: Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

4.04

Format: 547 pages, Hardcover

Pfeijffer diagnosticeert de tijdgeest in een kolossale roman met Europa als speelveld ‘De toekom… read more

Similar categories in Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's Grand Hotel Europa book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • audiobook
"El fenómeno del turismo es la problematización extrema del ya de por si problemático concepto de autenticidad"

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa

"Para una cultura anquilosada en el pasado, la nostalgia de viejos valores no es la medicina, sino la enfermedad."

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa

"Je zou de geschiedenis van Europa kunnen beschrijven als een geschiedenis van terugverlangen naar de geschiedenis."

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa

"De liefde van mijn leven leeft in het verleden. Dat is ondanks de alliteratie een vreselijke zin om te moeten schrijven."

-Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Grand Hotel Europa

Cover of Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends by Marisa G. Franco

11. Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

By: Marisa G. Franco

4.06

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A lively, data-driven guide to finding your people from psychologist Dr. Marisa G. Franco about the… read more

Similar categories in Marisa G. Franco's Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • relationships
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of More: A Memoir of Open Marriage by Molly Roden Winter

12. More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

By: Molly Roden Winter

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An unputdownable memoir of love, desire, and personal growth that follows a happily married mother'… read more

Similar categories in Molly Roden Winter's More: A Memoir of Open Marriage book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • polyamory
  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
"There is something pathetic about crying within the first minute of therapy"

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"I worry that things are going too well, that they're all going to come toppling down."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

"Why do I keep doing this? Why can't I stop this stupid pleasing everyone bullshit? I'm so fucking sick of myself."

-Molly Roden Winter, More: A Memoir of Open Marriage

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13. All Fours

By: Miranda July

3.81

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times–bestselling author of The First Bad Man returns with an irreverently sexy, tende… read more

Similar categories in Miranda July's All Fours book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • audiobook
"But maybe the road split between: a life spent longing vs. a life that was continually surprising"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"Maybe we shouldn't do that," Jordi said. "Flatten ourselves like that. Erratic doesn't have to mean crazy or irresponsible. Shouldn't we be normalizing change?"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"I guess any calling, no mater what it is, is a kind of unresolved ache," I said, giving in to knowing more than him. "It's a problem that you can't fix, but there is some relief in knowing you will c…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

"For me lying created just the right amount of problems and what you saw was just one of my four or five faces- each real, each with different needs. The only dangerous lie was one that asked me to co…"

-Miranda July, All Fours

Cover of Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

14. Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

By: Jessica Fern

4.40

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

Attachment theory has entered the mainstream, but most discussions focus on how we can cultivate se… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Fern's Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • polyamory
  • relationships
  • psychology
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
"A child with a secure attachment style will likely grow up into an adult who feels worthy of love and seeks to create meaningful, healthy relationships with people who are physically and emotionally …"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"Commitment can be expressed in many ways. Traditionally it is solidified through marriage, owning property, having kids or wearing certain types of jewelry, but legal, domestic, or ornamental underta…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"When someone with a dismissive style starts to work on healing their insecure attachment, they must begin by no longer dismissing and distancing from themselves. This requires that they no longer den…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

"Approximately 15 to 20 percent of the population has a nervous system wired to be more sensitive. These people are more attuned to the subtleties of their environment and process that information muc…"

-Jessica Fern, Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

Cover of Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1) by Mariely Lares

15. Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1)

By: Mariely Lares

3.19

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Rumor has it on the streets of sixteenth-century New Spain, there's a new vigilante in town serving… read more

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  • audiobook
"When no one is around to talk in your ear, then you can hear the only voice that really matters. Your own."

-Mariely Lares, Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin, #1)

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16. Sabrina & Corina

By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A haunting debut story collection on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths … read more

Similar categories in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's Sabrina & Corina book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • audiobook
"Age has nothing to do with sadness."

-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

"And that is our story of everything."

-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

"That poor girl. How the world just ate her up."

-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

"Thanks, but we'll try some home remedies first."

-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina

Cover of Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy by Rachel  Krantz

17. Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy

By: Rachel Krantz

3.96

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning journalist delves into the growing trend toward relationships--including her own--… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Krantz's Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • polyamory
  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
Cover of Kapitalisme is seksisme by Doortje Smithuijsen

18. Kapitalisme is seksisme

By: Doortje Smithuijsen

3.75

Format: 99 pages, Kindle Edition

Jonge vrouwen bevinden zich in een onmogelijke spagaat. Ze willen carrière maken, maar ook een gezi… read more

Similar categories in Doortje Smithuijsen's Kapitalisme is seksisme book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • audiobook
Cover of Liefdesbang: Overwin verlatingsangst en bindingsangst by Hannah Cuppen

19. Liefdesbang: Overwin verlatingsangst en bindingsangst

By: Hannah Cuppen

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

De mens heeft behoefte aan liefde, om te beminnen en bemind te worden. Maar liefde is niet zomaar t… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Cuppen's Liefdesbang: Overwin verlatingsangst en bindingsangst book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • relationships
  • psychology
  • audiobook
Cover of Open Monogamy by Tammy Nelson

20. Open Monogamy

By: Tammy Nelson

4.12

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Dr. Tammy Nelson is a relationship revolutionary. Her rethinking of monogamy―as a practice, a conti… read more

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  • polyamory
  • relationships
  • psychology
  • sexuality
  • audiobook
Cover of Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free by Wednesday Martin

21. Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free

By: Wednesday Martin

3.88

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Wednesday Martin explores what people have been getting wrong about unfaithful women and the evolut… read more

Similar categories in Wednesday Martin's Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free book and Tammy Nelson's Open Monogamy

  • relationships
  • sexuality
  • psychology
  • audiobook

14 must-read audiobook books like Open Monogamy by Tammy Nelson

Transform Your Habits

Insatiable Wives: Women Who Stray and the Men Who Love Them

David J. Ley

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)

Becky Chambers

4.41

Transform Your Habits

Grand Hotel Europa

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

4.04

Transform Your Habits

Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends

Marisa G. Franco

4.06

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5 best-selling audiobook books like Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy by Jessica Fern

Transform Your Habits

More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory

Tatiana Gill , Franklin Veaux , Eve Rickert , None

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life

Emily Nagoski

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy

Jessica Fern

4.40

Transform Your Habits

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

Emily Nagoski

4.14

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