In Case You Missed It – 2023
2023 was a stellar year for Duckworth. Our 125th Anniversary year, we republished classics from our catalogue with wonderful new covers and had a delightful anniversary party, had titles shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Wolfson History Prize, the Wilbur Smith Prize, and welcomed new teams members in sales, editorial and publicity.
In case you missed any of our amazing 2023 titles, we made a handy list for you to check them out.
Our 125th Anniversary reissues
China in Ten Words
Yu Hua
The powerful personal stories of the Chinese experience from the Cultural Revolution to the 2010s, told by one of China’s greatest living writers.
David Bowie Made Me Gay
Darryl W. Bullock
The definitive book on the influence of LGBTQ performers on modern music.
The Nordic Theory of Everything
Anu Partanen
An optimistic account of how the Nordic countries can teach us to live easier, healthier, happier lives.
The Ten Thousand Things
John Spurling
The Walter Scott Prize-winning, riveting historical novel set in fourteenth-century China.
Through Two Doors at Once
Anil Ananthaswamy
The clearest, most accessible explanation yet of the amazing world of quantum mechanics.
Tiger Woman
Betty May
The fearless tale of the original ‘Party Girl’ told in her own frankly scurrilous words.
Fantastic Fiction
Black Butterflies
Priscilla Morris
In 2023, Black Butterflies was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the RSL Ondaatje Prize, the Authors’ Club Best First Novel, The Wilbur Smith Prize and Nota Bene Prize.
Inspired by real-life accounts of the Siege of Sarajevo, only thirty years ago, Black Butterflies is a heartrending and utterly captivating portrait of disintegration, resilience and hope.
The Messenger of Measham Hall
Anna Abney
The second in the enhanting Measham Hall series. As England slides towards invasion by the Protestant forces of Prince William of Orange, Nicolas becomes entangled in conspiracies within King James’s court – and soon learns that both truth and love come at a high price.
The Man Who Didn’t Burn
Ian Moore
A hard-boiled crime thriller from author of The Times-bestselling Death and Croissants.
When an English expat is brutally murdered, his charred corpse left on a Loire Valley hillside, the police turn to juge d’instruction Matthieu Lombard to find the perpetrator.
Notable Non-fiction
The Case for Nature
Siddarth Shrikanth
A deeply informed, radically hopeful manifesto for regenerating our economies and societies through the power of nature and natural capital.
Described by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Wilding, Isabella Tree, as ‘eloquent, informed and inspiring: a must-read for all those who care about the planet.’
It's Too Late Now
A. A. Milne
The classic autobiography of the beloved author of Winnie the Pooh, as he recalls a blissfully happy childhood in the company of his brothers, and writes with touching affection about the father he adored.
‘A funny book, beautifully written’ – Neil Gaiman
A Book of Your Own
Anne Dickson
Drawing on the Anne Dickson’s decades of experience as a psychologist, trainer and advocate for women, this small but perfectly formed, pocket-sized book contains bite-sized snippets of insight and inspiration.
From the author of the assertiveness bible, A Woman in Your Own Right.
