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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Winner of the PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning, Association of American PublishersFinalist with Special Recognition for the Brendan Gill Prize, Municipal Art Society of New York
One of Kirkus’ Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books for Fall 2019
Named a Publishers Weekly Big Indie Book of Fall 2019
Finalist for the On the Brinck Book Awards, The University of New Mexico
Winner of the UNT Rilke Prize, University of North Texas
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books
One of Jewish Ideas Daily.com's 40 Best Jewish Books of 2012
“Book Title of the Year,” as selected for Curbed.com’s Architecture in 2015: A Year in Review
Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the 2018 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of ManagementCo-Winner of the EGOS Book Prize, European Group for Organizational Studies
Shortlisted for the Apollo Awards Book of the Year, Apollo Magazine
A Forbes' Pick for The Year's Best Books About Higher Education, 2019
Honorable Mention for the Order of the Coif Book Award
Shortlisted for the 2018 Africa-Asia ICAS Book Prize, International Convention of Asia Scholars and Association for Asian Studies in Africa
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018