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 1994 Tricycle Prize for Excellence in Buddhist Scholarship
Winner of the Jordan Schnitzer Award in Biblical Studies, Rabbinics, and Jewish History and Culture in Antiquity, Association for Jewish Studies
One of The New York Times' Three Books That Gaze Upward to Heaven and Inward to the Heart
Winner of the Ellis W. Hawley Prize, Organization of American Historians
Honorable Mention for the Clifford Geertz Book Award, Society for the Anthropology of Religion
Honorable Mention for the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Book Prize in Critical Anthropology
Finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, Jewish Book Council
Finalist for the Jordan Schnitzer Award in Social Science, Anthropology, and Folklore, Association for Jewish Studies
Winner of the Middle East Medievalists Book Prize
Winner of the Haskins Medal, Medieval Academy of America
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Writing Based on Archival Material
One of the Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2020
Winner of the 2018 Book Award for Excellence in Missiology, American Society of Missiology
Winner of a 2019 Award of Merit in History, Christianity Today Book Awards
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
One of First Things' Favorite Books of 2018
Winner of the Best First Book in the History of Religions, American Academy of Religion
Honorable Mention for the Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association
Winner of the 2017 World Sanskrit Award, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Finalist for the Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion
The Spectator's Books of the Year
Winner of the 2002 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Religion, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Winner of the 2017 Hubert Morken Award for Best Book, Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Co-Winner of the 2016 Book Award, Religion and International Relations Section, International Studies Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007
Winner of the 2014 Best First Book in the History of Religions Award, American Academy of Religion
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of The Middle East Channel’s Top Five Books of 2013, chosen by Marc Lynch
Winner of the 2017 Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2017 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute
Shortlisted for the 2014 Sophie Brody Medal, Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) of the American Library Association
First Place for the Book Award in History, 2013 Catholic Press Association
Winner of the 2012 Best Book Award, College Theology Society
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2012
Shortlisted for the 2011 American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Historical Study of Religion
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Finalist for the 2007 First Book Prize, Berkshire Conference
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2014
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005
Honorable Mention for the 2005 Giovanni Sartori Book Award, Qualitative Methods Section of the American Political Science Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of The Middle East Channel’s Top Five Books of 2013, chosen by Marc Lynch
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005
Winner of the 2013 Cover/Jacket Merit Award in the Professional, Reference category, New York Book Show
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles Top 25 Academic Books for 2013
Winner of the 2013 Cover/Jacket Merit Award in the Professional, Scholarly Series category, New York Book Show
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Honorable Mention for the 2005 Albert Hourani Book Award, Middle East Studies Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2004
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2004
Co-Winner of the 1998 Towson University Prize for Literature
Finalist for the 2004 Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute Book Award, University of Scranton
One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books for 2004
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997