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 2018 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity, In Memory of Dorothy Kripke
Winner of the Historians of British Art Book Prize, Pre-1600
Shortlisted for the 2019 Wolfson History Prize, Wolfson Foundation
One of History Today's Best Books of 2018
Shortlisted for the 2019 Wolfson History Prize, Wolfson Foundation
One of History Today's Best Books of 2018
Winner of the Robert E. Lane Award, Political Psychology Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
Co-winner of the 2019 Goldsmith Book Prize for Academic Books, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018
Winner of the 2019 PROSE Award in Education (Practice and Theory), Association of American Publishers
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Longlisted for the 2017 Bronisław Geremek First Academic Book Prize, College of Europe
Longlisted for the 2017 Bronisław Geremek First Academic Book Prize, College of Europe
Co-Winner of the 2017 Herbert Jacob Book Award, Law and Society Association
Winner of the 2017 Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2017 SSSP Global Division Book Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Co-Winner of the 2017 Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, Division for Racial and Ethnic Minorities of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Book Award, Section on Development of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Roberto Reis Book Prize, Brazilian Studies Association
Winner of the 2017 Gordon Hirabayashi Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2017 SSSP Global Division Book Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Co-Winner of the 2017 Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, Division for Racial and Ethnic Minorities of the Society for the Study of Social Problems
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Best Scholarly Book Award, Global and Transnational Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Book Award, Section on Development of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the 2017 Roberto Reis Book Prize, Brazilian Studies Association