15 Books Coming in December

New novels by Olga Tokarczuk and Kamilah Cole, nonfiction by John Darnielle and Olivia Nuzzi, a Booker Prize finalist and more.

Soho Press (@soho_press) • Instagram photo

French antiques expert who duped Versailles sentenced to jail

A French court on Wednesday sentenced a top antiques expert to jail for duping the Palace of Versailles and wealthy collectors into buying furniture he had helped build, claiming it dated from the...

In Paris, 3 Troves of Art and Curios Even the Parisians Don’t Know About (Published 2025)

In this city of endless museums and galleries, here are some sequestered collections filled with rarities.

Frederick Forsyth dies: Day of the Jackal author passes away aged 86

The former MI6 agent, who became one of the youngest ever RAF pilots at 17 and then a journalist, published more than 25 books in his lifetime.

80 years ago: American bombs fell on Prague

On February 14th 1945, a deadly Allied bombing raid claimed hundreds of lives when the city of Prague became an unexpected target of the US Army Air Forces.