New Books - SoBrief

All Fiction Non-Fiction

Assistant to the Villain

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

She works for a villain. He's kind, handsome, and someone is planting bombs in his manor.

3.93

300k+

🖤 Villain Romance 🏰 Workplace Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Fantasy

Immersive

Assistant to the Villain

She works for a villain. He's kind, handsome, and someone is planting bombs in his manor.

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 2023 342 pages

3.93

300k+ ratings

🖤 Villain Romance 🏰 Workplace Fantasy 🔥 Slow Burn 👥 Found Family 🎭 Comedic Fantasy

Reality Transurfing 2

by Vadim Zeland • 2008

Pushing harder makes life push back. Align your inner state and reality rearranges itself.

4.43

1k+

🌀 Quantum Mysticism 🌌 Metaphysical Self-Help 🍃 Non-Attachment ✨ Reality Creation 👁️ Lucid Awareness

Immersive

Reality Transurfing 2

Pushing harder makes life push back. Align your inner state and reality rearranges itself.

by Vadim Zeland 2008 198 pages

4.43

1k+ ratings

🌀 Quantum Mysticism 🌌 Metaphysical Self-Help 🍃 Non-Attachment ✨ Reality Creation 👁️ Lucid Awareness

A Rulebook for Arguments

by Anthony Weston • 1986

Argument isn't combat. It's construction. A slim guide to building claims that actually hold up.

3.82

3k+

🧠 Critical Thinking 📐 Informal Logic 🏗️ Argument Structure 🔍 Evidence Evaluation ✍️ Writing Arguments

Immersive

A Rulebook for Arguments

Argument isn't combat. It's construction. A slim guide to building claims that actually hold up.

by Anthony Weston 1986 120 pages

3.82

3k+ ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 📐 Informal Logic 🏗️ Argument Structure 🔍 Evidence Evaluation ✍️ Writing Arguments

Remembering Wholeness

by Carol Tuttle • 2000

Inherited patterns run your life from the shadows. A toolkit for finding and clearing them.

4.19

500+

🧲 Law Of Attraction ✨ Energy Healing 🌳 Generational Healing 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧸 Inner Child Work

Immersive

Remembering Wholeness

Inherited patterns run your life from the shadows. A toolkit for finding and clearing them.

by Carol Tuttle 2000 339 pages

4.19

500+ ratings

🧲 Law Of Attraction ✨ Energy Healing 🌳 Generational Healing 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 🧸 Inner Child Work

How to win friends and Influence People

by Dale Carnegie • 1936

Ego drives people more than logic. Field-tested rules for turning that reality into influence.

4.22

1.1M+

🤝 Interpersonal Skills 💼 Workplace Relationships 🧠 Influence Psychology 💖 Emotional Intelligence 🏛️ Human Relations

How to win friends and Influence People Summary

Immersive

How to win friends and Influence People

Ego drives people more than logic. Field-tested rules for turning that reality into influence.

by Dale Carnegie 1936 287 pages

4.22

1.1M+ ratings

🤝 Interpersonal Skills 💼 Workplace Relationships 🧠 Influence Psychology 💖 Emotional Intelligence 🏛️ Human Relations

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

A fireman hides a stolen book after watching a woman burn alive with her library.

3.97

2.8M+

🔥 Book Burning 📚 Literary Dystopia 🚫 Forbidden Knowledge 📖 Post-Literate Future 🚀 Midcentury Sf

Immersive

Fahrenheit 451

A fireman hides a stolen book after watching a woman burn alive with her library.

by Ray Bradbury 1953 249 pages

3.97

2.8M+ ratings

🔥 Book Burning 📚 Literary Dystopia 🚫 Forbidden Knowledge 📖 Post-Literate Future 🚀 Midcentury Sf

Book of Night

by Holly Black

A shredded shadow corpse spurs a thief to steal a dark book before her sister is murdered.

3.54

88k+

🖤 Shadow Magic 🃏 Con Artist Heroine 🗝️ Heist And Caper 🌑 Monstrous Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Noir Energy

Immersive

Book of Night

A shredded shadow corpse spurs a thief to steal a dark book before her sister is murdered.

by Holly Black 2022 304 pages

3.54

88k+ ratings

🖤 Shadow Magic 🃏 Con Artist Heroine 🗝️ Heist And Caper 🌑 Monstrous Love Interest 🕯️ Gothic Noir Energy

Fascinating Womanhood

by Helen B. Andelin • 1963

Change yourself, not him: the marriage manual that never asks his cooperation.

3.65

1k+

🏛️ Traditional Marriage ⛪ Complementarian Christianity 🔄 Unilateral Change 👗 Femininity Ideology 🏠 Stay-At-Home Wives

Immersive

Fascinating Womanhood

Change yourself, not him: the marriage manual that never asks his cooperation.

by Helen B. Andelin 1963 512 pages

3.65

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Traditional Marriage ⛪ Complementarian Christianity 🔄 Unilateral Change 👗 Femininity Ideology 🏠 Stay-At-Home Wives

My Pucking Crush

by Tori Chase • 2024

A closeted hockey captain falls for his bodyguard while a mafia enemy hunts them both.

3.66

9k+

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete

My Pucking Crush

A closeted hockey captain falls for his bodyguard while a mafia enemy hunts them both.

by Tori Chase 2024 362 pages

3.66

9k+ ratings

🏒 Hockey Romance 🔫 Mafia Romance 🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted Athlete

By Sin I Rise

by Cora Reilly • 2021

A biker kidnaps a mob heiress to settle a blood debt. Revenge was the plan; wanting her wasn't.

3.64

21k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏍️ Biker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🏚️ Rival Families

By Sin I Rise

A biker kidnaps a mob heiress to settle a blood debt. Revenge was the plan; wanting her wasn't.

by Cora Reilly 2021 274 pages

3.64

21k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 🏍️ Biker Romance ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers ⛓️ Captor Captive Romance 🏚️ Rival Families

Luca Vitiello

by Cora Reilly • 2019

A mafia killer marries an innocent to keep the peace. He can survive anything except her terror.

3.90

28k+

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩸 Morally Grey Hero 🔫 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma And Healing

Luca Vitiello

A mafia killer marries an innocent to keep the peace. He can survive anything except her terror.

by Cora Reilly 2019 351 pages

3.90

28k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage 🩸 Morally Grey Hero 🔫 Touch Her And Die 🩹 Trauma And Healing

More Than Enough

by Anna Quindlen

A DNA test upends her identity and sends a woman searching for what family truly means.

3.93

28k+

🧬 Family Secret 🫂 Found Family 👶 Infertility Struggle 🪴 Terminal Illness 🌈 Interracial Family

Immersive

More Than Enough

A DNA test upends her identity and sends a woman searching for what family truly means.

by Anna Quindlen 2026 256 pages

3.93

28k+ ratings

🧬 Family Secret 🫂 Found Family 👶 Infertility Struggle 🪴 Terminal Illness 🌈 Interracial Family

Go Ask Alice

by Beatrice Sparks

A lonely teen, drugged with LSD, spirals into addiction and the street; her diary alone survives.

3.73

200k+

📓 Diary Format 💉 Drug Addiction 🏃 Runaway Teen ✍️ Confessional Voice 🌀 Downward Spiral

Immersive

Go Ask Alice

A lonely teen, drugged with LSD, spirals into addiction and the street; her diary alone survives.

by Beatrice Sparks 1971 185 pages

3.73

200k+ ratings

📓 Diary Format 💉 Drug Addiction 🏃 Runaway Teen ✍️ Confessional Voice 🌀 Downward Spiral

Sweet Temptation

by Cora Reilly • 2020

A mafia widower marries a teenager for duty; her stubborn warmth begins to crack his frozen heart.

3.95

91k+

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🕊️ Age Gap Romance 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Trauma Healing

Sweet Temptation

A mafia widower marries a teenager for duty; her stubborn warmth begins to crack his frozen heart.

by Cora Reilly 2020 292 pages

3.95

91k+ ratings

🖤 Mafia Arranged Marriage 🕊️ Age Gap Romance 👨‍👧‍👦 Single Father ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 💔 Trauma Healing

Power and Privilege

by Gerhard E. Lenski • 1984

Two rules decide who prospers: share enough to survive, then power takes the rest.

4.10

🏛️ Social Stratification ⚔️ Conflict Theory 🏗️ Grand Theory ⚖️ Power And Inequality 📦 Resource Distribution

Power and Privilege

Two rules decide who prospers: share enough to survive, then power takes the rest.

by Gerhard E. Lenski 1984 525 pages

4.10

40 ratings

🏛️ Social Stratification ⚔️ Conflict Theory 🏗️ Grand Theory ⚖️ Power And Inequality 📦 Resource Distribution

Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life

by Bob Proctor • 2021

Your hidden programming runs your life. Rewrite it through repetition, not willpower.

3.97

4k+

🧠 Subconscious Reprogramming 💰 Wealth Mindset 🔁 Repetition And Habit 🚫 Limiting Beliefs 🎯 Goal Setting

Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life Summary

Immersive

Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life

Your hidden programming runs your life. Rewrite it through repetition, not willpower.

by Bob Proctor 2021 154 pages

3.97

4k+ ratings

🧠 Subconscious Reprogramming 💰 Wealth Mindset 🔁 Repetition And Habit 🚫 Limiting Beliefs 🎯 Goal Setting

Bending Reality

by Victoria Song • 2021

Your body vetoes every goal your mind sets. The fix is not more mindset work.

4.52

500+

🚀 Startup Mindset 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧠 Emotional Regulation ⚡ Nervous System ✨ Manifestation

Immersive

Bending Reality

Your body vetoes every goal your mind sets. The fix is not more mindset work.

by Victoria Song 2021 190 pages

4.52

500+ ratings

🚀 Startup Mindset 🧘 Somatic Therapy 🧠 Emotional Regulation ⚡ Nervous System ✨ Manifestation

Soul Hunter

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden

A Night Lord's prophetic visions show a future the eldar will sacrifice everything to prevent: his.

4.36

5k+

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 💀 Chaos Space Marines 👁️ Prophetic Visions 🩸 Terror Warfare ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

Immersive

Soul Hunter

A Night Lord's prophetic visions show a future the eldar will sacrifice everything to prevent: his.

by Aaron Dembski-Bowden 2010 416 pages

4.36

5k+ ratings

🖤 Grimdark Sci-Fi 💀 Chaos Space Marines 👁️ Prophetic Visions 🩸 Terror Warfare ⚔️ Doomed Brotherhood

Contention

by Sean Oswald

Earth has a month until system induction. Silas kills whoever stands between humanity and survival.

4.51

3k+

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 💪 Overpowered Protagonist ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Immersive

Contention

Earth has a month until system induction. Silas kills whoever stands between humanity and survival.

by Sean Oswald 2024 716 pages

4.51

3k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg Progression 🌍 System Apocalypse 💪 Overpowered Protagonist ⚖️ Morally Gray Hero 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

The Spirit of the Disciplines

by Dallas Willard • 1988

The church traded spiritual training for a ticket to heaven. Here's the method we lost.

4.15

11k+

🌱 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Discipleship 🔧 Practical Theology 🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines 🏃 Embodied Spirituality

Immersive

The Spirit of the Disciplines

The church traded spiritual training for a ticket to heaven. Here's the method we lost.

by Dallas Willard 1988 288 pages

4.15

11k+ ratings

🌱 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Christian Discipleship 🔧 Practical Theology 🏋️ Spiritual Disciplines 🏃 Embodied Spirituality

Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101

by Vanessa Van Edwards • 2013

Your gut is a coin toss. The research-backed method for reading bodies, faces, and silence instead.

4.00

210

🦶 Body Language 🔍 Lie Detection 😮 Microexpressions 🧠 People Reading 🌍 Universal Emotions

Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101 Summary

Immersive

Human Lie Detection and Body Language 101

Your gut is a coin toss. The research-backed method for reading bodies, faces, and silence instead.

by Vanessa Van Edwards 2013 162 pages

4.00

210 ratings

🦶 Body Language 🔍 Lie Detection 😮 Microexpressions 🧠 People Reading 🌍 Universal Emotions

The Scarlet Veil

by Shelby Mahurin

A huntress is abducted by a vampire king. A killer forces her to trust her captor.

4.06

17k+

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Ghost Speaker

Immersive

The Scarlet Veil

A huntress is abducted by a vampire king. A killer forces her to trust her captor.

by Shelby Mahurin 2023 630 pages

4.06

17k+ ratings

🩸 Gothic Vampire Romance 🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🖤 Morally Grey Hero 👻 Ghost Speaker

The White Girl

by Tony Birch

To save her granddaughter from removal, an Aboriginal grandmother teaches the girl to pass as white.

4.08

7k+

🎭 Passing As White 💔 Stolen Generations 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🌏 1960s Australia 🏚️ Rural Australia

Immersive

The White Girl

To save her granddaughter from removal, an Aboriginal grandmother teaches the girl to pass as white.

by Tony Birch 2019 272 pages

4.08

7k+ ratings

🎭 Passing As White 💔 Stolen Generations 🕯️ Intergenerational Trauma 🌏 1960s Australia 🏚️ Rural Australia

Soul Eater

by Lily Mayne

Two hundred soldiers die. One survives. The monster who killed them wants to see his face.

4.22

27k+

🖤 Monster Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⏳ Ancient Immortal Lover 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Hurt/Comfort

Immersive

Soul Eater

Two hundred soldiers die. One survives. The monster who killed them wants to see his face.

by Lily Mayne 2021 329 pages

4.22

27k+ ratings

🖤 Monster Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⏳ Ancient Immortal Lover 🚪 Forced Proximity 💔 Hurt/Comfort

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

by Holly Jackson

After sixteen years, her missing mother comes back, and nothing she says adds up.

4.08

200k+

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👩 Missing Mother 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Conspiracy 🔗 Hidden Captivity

The Reappearance of Rachel Price Summary

Immersive

The Reappearance of Rachel Price

After sixteen years, her missing mother comes back, and nothing she says adds up.

by Holly Jackson 2024 438 pages

4.08

200k+ ratings

🔍 Amateur Sleuth 👩 Missing Mother 🏘️ Small Town Secrets 🖤 Dark Family Conspiracy 🔗 Hidden Captivity

The Man Made of Smoke

by Alex North

A father vanishes from an island cliff. A killer hunts those who looked away from a boy's abduction.

3.73

30k+

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 📖 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 💀 Revenge Thriller 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

Immersive

The Man Made of Smoke

A father vanishes from an island cliff. A killer hunts those who looked away from a boy's abduction.

by Alex North 2025 310 pages

3.73

30k+ ratings

🗡️ Serial Killer Thriller 📖 Literary Crime Fiction 🔍 Cold Case Investigation 💀 Revenge Thriller 🌑 Dark Atmosphere

Of Blood & Banes

by Courtney Whims

Blood-bound to a tyrant king, a dragon rider must trust the enemy prince in chains.

4.29

4k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🔮 Prophecy Subversion 🗡️ Morally Grey Hero

Immersive

Of Blood & Banes

Blood-bound to a tyrant king, a dragon rider must trust the enemy prince in chains.

by Courtney Whims 2025 634 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn 🔮 Prophecy Subversion 🗡️ Morally Grey Hero

Silver & Smoke

by Helen Scheuerer

To save a dying Warsword, a poisoner must pretend to love her enemy's son.

4.27

15k+

💀 Dark Romantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💍 Fake Engagement 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

Immersive

Silver & Smoke

To save a dying Warsword, a poisoner must pretend to love her enemy's son.

by Helen Scheuerer 2025 444 pages

4.27

15k+ ratings

💀 Dark Romantasy ✨ Fated Mates 💍 Fake Engagement 🗡️ Morally Gray Heroine ⚔️ Battle Couple

Grown Women

by Sarai Johnson

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

4.29

4k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

Immersive

Grown Women

Four Black women, one unspoken wound, and the daughter who finally asks what happened.

by Sarai Johnson 2024 400 pages

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict 🌿 American South 👩🏿 Black Women's Fiction

Level Up!

by Scott Rogers • 2010

A designer's toolbox: how to build games that players love, one rule at a time.

4.09

1k+

🎮 Game Design 🗺️ Level Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🕹️ Game UX 🧩 Behavioral Design

Immersive

Level Up!

A designer's toolbox: how to build games that players love, one rule at a time.

by Scott Rogers 2010 514 pages

4.09

1k+ ratings

🎮 Game Design 🗺️ Level Design 🧠 Player Psychology 🕹️ Game UX 🧩 Behavioral Design

Previous 3 4 5 6 7 Next

Compare Features	Free	Pro
📖 Read Summaries Read unlimited summaries. Free users get 3 per month
🎧 Listen to Summaries Listen to unlimited summaries in 40 languages	—
❤️ Unlimited Bookmarks Free users are limited to 4	—
📜 Unlimited History Free users are limited to 4	—
📥 Unlimited Downloads Free users are limited to 1	—

People love SoBrief

Join our global community of 600,000+ readers

★★★★★

This site is a total game-changer. I've been flying through book summaries like never before. Highly, highly recommend.

— Dave G

Worth my money and time, and really well made. I've never seen this quality of summaries on other websites. Very helpful!

— Em

Highly recommended!! Fantastic service. Perfect for those that want a little more than a teaser but not all the intricate details of a full audio book.

— Greg M