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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Financial Times Best Economics Book of the Year 2021A CapX Book of the Year
Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards
Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Sociology section of the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association
Winner of the Stein Rokkan Prize, International Science Council
An Essence Best New Winter ReadNominee for the James Beard Foundation Book Award in Writing
Winner of the C. Wright Mills Award, The Society for the Study of Social Problems
Winner of the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Book Award, Association of Black Sociologists
James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee
Winner of the ASLI Choice Award, Atmospheric Science Librarians InternationalWinner of the PROSE Award in Earth Science, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Special Book Award, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
Winner of the Award of Excellence in Plants and Environmental Change, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
Co-Winner of the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book Awards
Silver Medalist for the Nature Guidebook Award, National Outdoor Book Awards
One of The Art Newspaper's Favourite Books of 2019
A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the YearSixth Place for the 2022 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
A Library Journal Fall 2021 Nonfiction MustA Barnes & Noble Best History Book of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Biographies of the Year
A Waterstones Best History Book of 2021
A CapX Book of the Year
One of Amazon.com's 2014 Best Books of the Year: Arts & PhotographyOne of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014
Winner of the Nature Guidebook Award, National Outdoor Book Awards