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.
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One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021A New Scientist Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book
Winner of the Theodore Saloutos Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History SocietyWinner of the Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize, Western Association of Women Historians
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biomedicine, Association of American Publishers
A Wall Street Journal Best Politics Book of the YearA World Magazine Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards
Third Place for the 2021 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
Winner of a Millard Meiss Publication Fund Grant, College Art Association
One of The Wall Street Journal's Best of the February Bookshelf
Shortlisted for the American Library in Paris Book AwardShortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill University
Winner of the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Leo Gershoy Award, American Historical Association
Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill UniversityOne of NPR's 'Books We Love'
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year