Awards
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 2005 Best Butterfly Book to Date, Worldtwitch
A Millions Most Anticipated Book
Winner of the 1997 Tanning Prize for Lifetime Achievement, Academy of American Poets
Winner of the 2002 Joseph Levenson Book Prize for pre-1999 China
Winner of the Fondazione Roma Sapienza Book Prize
BirdWatching Magazine Book of the Month
A Financial Times Book to Read in 2023
A New Yorker Best Book We've Read This Year
A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year
A Financial Times Best Summer Book
A Financial Times Best Summer Book
Winner of the John Friedmann Book Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of PlanningWinner of the Lewis Mumford Prize, Society of City and Regional Planning History