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 Distinguished Book Award for Non-American Military History, Society for Military History
Winner of the Best Book Award, International Collaboration Section of the American Political Science AssociationWinner of the Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the Best Book Award, Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the Lepgold Prize, Georgetown University
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the YearA Birdbooker Report Best Bird Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Art Books of 2013Shortlisted for the Apollo Awards Book of the Year 2013, Apollo Magazine
A Library Journal Best Science & Technology Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award, Family Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the Herbert Jacob Prize, Law and Society Association
Honorable Mention for the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Distinguished Book Award, Crime, Law, and Deviance section of the American Sociological Association
Finalist for the Media for a Just Society Awards, Evident Change
A New Statesman Best Book of the Academic Presses
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year: EconomicsA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the YearA Library Journal Best Social Science Book of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
A Forbes Best Higher Education Book