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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Shortlisted for the General History Prize, NSW Premier History AwardsWinner of the István Hont Book Prize, Institute of Intellectual History
Honorable Mention for the Alanna Bondar Memorial Book Prize, Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada
One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021
One of Bloomberg’s Best Nonfiction Books of 2021Shortlisted for the Gladstone Book Prize, Royal Historical Society
Shortlisted for the ECPR Political Theory Prize, European Consortium for Political Research
Winner of the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign RelationsWinner of the Michael H. Hunt Prize for International History, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Winner of the Albert J. Beveridge Award, American Historical Association
Honorable Mention for the Luciano Tomassini Latin American International Relations Book Award
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Computing and Information Sciences, Association of American Publishers
A Washington Post Best Illustrated Non-Fiction BookShortlisted for the Locus Award in Non-Fiction
Winner of the Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Winner of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies
Winner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Labor and Labor Movements Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the John Friedman Best Book Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Co-Winner – Roger Owen Book Award, Middle East Studies Association
Winner of the Roger Owen Book Award, Middle East Studies Association
Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill UniversityShortlisted for the Kenshur Prize, Bloomington Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies
A History Today Book of the Year
Winner of the Kenshur Prize, Bloomington Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize