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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The Origin of the Jews: The Quest for Roots in a Rootless Age
Steven Weitzman Winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity (In Memory of Dorothy Kripke)

The End of Theory: Financial Crises, the Failure of Economics, and the Sweep of Human Interaction
Richard Bookstaber Selected for Askblog’s Books of the year 2017

Ottoman Baroque: The Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul
Ünver Rüstem Winner of a 2018 SAH/Mellon Author Award, Society of Architectural Historians
One of The Art Newspaper's Favourite Books of 2019
Winner of the Alice David Hitchcock Book Award, Society of Architectural Historians

Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason
Justin Smith-Ruiu A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

Of Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Struggle over Freedom and Security
Henry Farrell and Abraham L. Newman Winner of the ICOMM Best Book Award, International Communication Section of the International Studies Association
One of Foreign Affairs Best Books of 2019
A Daniel Drezner Best Political Economy Book of the Year
A Just Security Holiday Reading Book of the Year

Classical Greek Oligarchy: A Political History
Matthew Simonton Co-Winner of the 2018 Runciman Award, The Anglo-Hellenic League

Religion: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It Matters
Christian Smith Winner of the 2018 SSSR Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion

Scouting and Scoring: How We Know What We Know about Baseball
Christopher J. Phillips Winner of a SABR Baseball Research Award, Society for American Baseball Research
Finalist for the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year, Spitball Magazine

Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Kate Clarke Lemay Winner, Secretary’s Research Prize, Smithsonian Congress of Scholars

The Bounds of Agency: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics
Carol Rovane One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998

The Emergence of Globalism: Visions of World Order in Britain and the United States, 1939–1950
Or Rosenboim Winner of the 2019 Francisco Guiccardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations, International Studies Association
Shortlisted for the 2018 Gladstone Prize, Royal Historical Society
Finalist for the TSA/CUP Prize, Transatlantic Studies Association and Cambridge University Press
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017

Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel
Clayton Childress Co-Winner of the 2018 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association