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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A New Yorker Best Book We Read So Far
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A New Statesman Best Book of the Academic PressesAn Australian Most Anticipated Book
Winner of the John K. Fairbank Prize, American Historical AssociationA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the Bronze Medal in International Business / Globalization, Axiom Business Book AwardsHonorable Mention for the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the Asia/Transnational Book Award, American Sociological Association
Winner of the Best Book Award, Communication, Information Technology, and Media Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the Robert K. Merton Book Award, SKAT Section of the American Sociological Association
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Honorable Mention for the 2006 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Arts and Art History, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the 1993 Barnard Hewitt Award, American Society for Theatre Research
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biological Sciences, Association of American Publishers
An Apollo Book of the YearShortlisted for Apollo Book of the Year
A New Yorker Best Book We've Read This YearA Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards, Criticism Category
Winner of the PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Winner of the Kenneth Jackson Award, Urban History Association