Awards & Recognition
Princeton University Press books have won numerous awards, including six Pulitzer Prizes, five Bancroft Prizes, three National Book Awards, and hundreds of major awards from academic organizations. Dozens of Press authors have been awarded the most prestigious academic prizes in the world, including the Nobel Prize in economics, physics, chemistry, medicine, and literature, the Fields Medal, and the Holberg Prize. To inquire about our awards program, including for nomination calls and author requests, please contact Steve_Stillman@press.princeton.edu.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Winner of the Zerilli-Marimo Prize, Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
Winner of the PROSE Award in Engineering and Technology, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Gregory Luebbert Best Book Prize, Comparative Politics section of the American Political Science Association
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize, Lionel Gelber Foundation
Winner of the Juan Lin Best Book Prize, Democracy & Autocracy section of the American Political Science Association
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the Juan Linz Best Book Prize, Democracy & Autocracy section of the American Political Science Association
A Foreign Affairs Best of Books
Winner of the Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award, American Political Science Association
A Financial Times Best Politics Book of the Year
One of The Atlantic's Books That Made Us Think the Most this Year
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
Finalist for the George Washington Prize, Washington College, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Big-Picture History Books of 2020
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
A NRC Book of the Year
Winner of the Robert A. Dahl Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2018 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
Co-Winner of the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section Best Book Award, American Political Science Association
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize, Cornell University Department of Government
2019 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List
One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books of 2020
Winner of the Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books
Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the Theory Prize, Theory Section of the American Sociological Association
One of Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2019
A Daniel Drezner Best Political Economy Book of the Year
A Just Security Holiday Reading Book of the Year
"The Most Ominous Book I Read in 2018" (Carlos Lozado, Washington Post)
One of Vox's 9 Thinkers Who Made Sense of 2018's Chaos
Winner of the 2018 Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award
Honorable Mention for the Best Book Award, Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association
Winner of the Best Book Award, Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
Winner of the V.O. Key Award, Southern Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
Winner of the Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy Best Book Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2004-2005 V.O. Key Book Award, Southern Political Science Association
Co-Winner of the 2005 W.E.B. Du Bois Book Award, National Conference of Black Political Scientists
Winner of the 2009 Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award, Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Times Higher Education's Best Books of 2018
Best Book of the Year by one of Politico's Top 50 Thinkers (Sean McElwee)
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018
Longlisted for the 2017 Bronisław Geremek First Academic Book Prize, College of Europe
Recommended Reading, 2011 James A. Hamilton Award, American College of Healthcare Executives
Co-Winner of the 2009 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Section on Sociology of Culture, American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2017 Philip E. Converse Book Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2018 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
One of The Guardian’s Best Politics Books of 2016, chosen by Gaby Hinsliff
Winner of the 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, International Science Council
Winner of the 2017 David O. Sears Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology
Winner of the 2017 Brian Farrell Book Prize, Political Studies Association of Ireland
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Winner of the 2017 Lepgold Prize, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University
Winner of the 2018 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section of the International Studies Association
Selected for the Washington Post’s Albies “for the best work on the political economy in 2017” (chosen by Daniel W. Drezner)
Winner of the 2018 Best Book Award, Migration and Citizenship Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2018 Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award, American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997
A CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the Week, August 7, 2016
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in Current Affairs
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations
Winner of the 2017 Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize, Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association
Selected as one of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2015
A Guardian Best Holiday Reads of 2015 selection
Finalist for the 2017 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Winner of the 2017 Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award, Political Communication Section of the American Political Science Association
Finalist for the 2015 Frank Luther Mott-Kappa Tau Alpha Journalism and Mass Communication Research Award
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015
Winner of the 2014 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
Winner of the 2017 David O. Sears Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers
A CNN Fareed Zakaria GPS Book of the Week, August 7, 2016
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in Current Affairs
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations
Winner of the 2018 Michael J. Hindelang Award, American Society of Criminology
Selected for the Claremont Review of Books CRB Christmas Reading List 2015
Winner, 2013 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Selected as one of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Books of 2015
A Guardian Best Holiday Reads of 2015 selection
Winner of the 2013 Levine Prize, Research Committee on the Structure of Government of the International Political Science Association
Winner of the 2012 ONE Best Book Award, Organizations and the Natural Environment Division of the Academy of Management
Listed on the 2017 War on the Rocks Holiday Reading List
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Daniel Fuss
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2014, chosen by Dan Fuss
Winner of the 2017 V.O. Key Award, Southern Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Winner, 2014 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Winner of the 2013 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2013
Winner of the 2015 International Law Best Book Award, International Law Section of the International Studies Association
Honorable Mention for the 2015 Chadwick Alger Award, International Studies Association
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Daniel Fuss
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2014, chosen by Dan Fuss
Winner of the 2014-2015 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award, Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association
Winner of the 2015 Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2014 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American Publishers
Kay Lehman Schlozman, Winner of the 2018 Warren Miller Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Significant University Press Titles for Undergraduates for 2010-2011
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Winner of the 2013 International Law Best Book Award, International Law Section of the International Studies Association
Co-Winner of the 2013 Chadwick F. Alger Prize, International Studies Association
Winner of the 2013 Distinguished Book Award, Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2013 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association
Co-Winner of the 2013 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2012 Award for Best Book in Latino Politics, Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2012 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Honorable Mention for the 2011 Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Co-Winner of the 2009 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Winner of the 2010 Business Book of the Year Award, Financial Times and Goldman Sachs
Winner of the 2011 Gold Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book Awards
Winner of the 2010 PROSE Award in Economics, American Publishers Awards
Winner of the 2010 Gold Medal Book of the Year Award in Business & Economics, ForeWord Reviews
Finalist for the 2010 Paul A. Samuelson Award, TIAA-CREF
Finalist for the 2010 Book of the Year Award in Business and Economics, ForeWord Reviews
One of strategy+business magazine's Best Business Books of the Year for 2010
Best Crisis Book by an Economist and Named one of Bloomberg News's Thirty Business Books of the Year for 2010
One of Financial Times's Books of the Year in Business & Economics, Nonfiction Round-Up for 2010
Finalist for the 2011 Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize
Winner of the 2010 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2007 D. B. Hardeman Prize, Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation
Co-Winner of the 2008 Robert Jervis and Paul Schroeder Award for the Best Book on International History and Politics, International History and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2008 Herbert Simon Award for the Best Book, Public Administration Section of the American Political Science Association
Honorable Mention for the The Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize, 2009, International Political Science Association's Research Committee on the Structure of Governance
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Winner of the 2011 Silver Medal Book of the Year Award in Political Science, ForeWord Reviews
Winner of the 2011 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2011 Best Book, International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association
Winner of the 2010 Edgar S. Furniss Book Award, Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award in Classics and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2006 William H. Riker Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association
Elinor Ostrom, Winner of the 2005 James Madison Award, American Political Science Association
Shortlisted for the 2010 Arthur Ross Book Award, Council on Foreign Relations
Honorable Mention for the 2010 International Security Studies Section (ISSS) Book Award, International Studies Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Winner of the 2000 Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2008 Best Book, Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Winner of the 2008 C. Herman Pritchett Award, Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association
Finalist for the 2002 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize
One of Times Literary Supplement's International Books of the Year for 2004
Honorable Mention for the 2004 Award Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers
Etel Solingen - Winner of the 2018 William and Katherine Estes Award, National Academy of Sciences
Co-Winner of the 2008 Robert Jervis and Paul Schroeder Award for the Best Book on International History and Politics, International History and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Runner-Up for the 2005 Gregory Luebbert Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006
Co-Winner of the 2009 Chadwick F. Alger Prize, International Studies Association
Winner of the 2004 Gabriel Almond Award for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2003 Ernst B. Haas Prize for Best Dissertation in European Politics, American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1984
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2004
Winner of the Outstanding Book Award, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action
Winner of the 2000 Best Book Award, Political Economy Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000
Winner of the 1998 Lionel Trilling Award, Columbia University
Honorable Mention for the 1997 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
Winner of the 1996 Lionel Trilling Award, Columbia University
Winner of the 1994 Gregory Luebbert Award
Winner of the 1993 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
Honorable Mention for the 1993 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers