The start of the year offers ample chance to dive into a good book. From lighthearted reads to cure seasonal blues to novels that transport you to warmer climes, the criteria for a good book is ...

In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Explore the restoration of a rusty Ersatz bayonet discovered on historic front lines. Originally designed for the Mannlicher m1895 rifle, this piece was carefully cleaned, the rust removed ...

French publishers’ book sales fell an estimated 3% after inflation ... Librairie de Paris bookshop in Saint-Etienne in central France, believes this is due to France’s political instability.

Simply put, Mixbook remains the best service of the five we tested for making photo books. While some competitors excelled at one thing or another, Mixbook does just about everything right. Its ...

Kitchen guru Delia Smith is teaching the French how to cook eggs - by launching her back-to-basics books in the home of fine cuisine. And she has been reborn as simply "Delia" for the French ...

France starts 2025 with a further drawdown of its military presence in its former African colonies, and fresh tensions ignited this week with controversial remarks by French President Emmanuel ...

Believe it or not, 2025 marks the 15-year anniversary of the first Bayonetta game. It released worldwide in January of 2010, introducing the world to the Umbra Witch turned demon hunter for the ...

We have to close the book of prejudice on France so as to move forward. We are presently in bad shape and we shall welcome any help from friends or foes who will rescue us from our present ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Our recommended books this week tilt heavily toward European culture and history, with a new history of the Vikings, a group ...

This much anticipated novel comes from the mind of Pulitzer-Prize and National Book Award finalist, Laila Lalami. The brilliantly twisted piece of literary science fiction is a timely examination ...