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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One of Bloomberg View’s “Five Books to Change Conservatives’ Minds,” chosen by Cass Sunstein
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year 2016
Winner of the 2018 Gold Medal in Women / Minorities in Business, Axiom Business Book Awards
Shortlisted for the 2019 CMI Management Book of the Year in “Aspiring Leaders,” Chartered Management Institute
Shortlisted for the 2019 CMI Management Book of the Year in “Aspiring Leaders,” Chartered Management Institute
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
One of British Journal of Photography’s Chiara Bardelli Nonino Best Books of 2017
Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2018
One of British Journal of Photography’s Chiara Bardelli Nonino Best Books of 2017
Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2018
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Textbook / Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Roger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Kip S. Thorne, Co-Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
Roger D. Blandford, Co-Winner of the 2016 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Winner of the 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Winner of the 2017 W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize, Political Studies Association
One of The Guardian’s Best Politics Books of 2016, chosen by Gaby Hinsliff
One of The Guardian’s Best Politics Books of 2016, chosen by Gaby Hinsliff
Roger Penrose, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics, Association of American Publishers
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Longlisted for the 2017 National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association
Longlisted for the 2017 National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association
Shortlisted for the Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Music & the Performing Arts, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Baruch College, City University of New York
One of the Evening Standard Best Books of 2017 (chosen by Anne McElvoy)
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Music & the Performing Arts, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Baruch College, City University of New York
One of the Evening Standard Best Books of 2017 (chosen by Anne McElvoy)