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 Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
Shortlisted for the 2015 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
Shortlisted for the 2015 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2015, chosen by Martin Wolf
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
One of The Independent’s Best Economics Books 2015
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Vítor Constâncio
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
One of The Independent’s Best Economics Books 2015
One of Bloomberg Businessweek’s Best Books of 2015, chosen by Vítor Constâncio
Winner of the 2015 Best Scholarly Edition in Translation, Society for the Study of Early Modern Women
Winner of the 2017 Paul Hair Prize, African Studies Association
Winner of the 2017 Paul Hair Prize, African Studies Association
Winner of the 2013 Euler Book Prize, Mathematical Association of America
Honorable Mention for the 2012 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Honorable Mention for the 2012 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of The Wall Street Journal Bookshelf Best Books of 2013, chosen by Tash Aw
One of The Wall Street Journal Bookshelf Best Books of 2013, chosen by Tash Aw
Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award in Architecture & Urban Planning, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2016 Historic Preservation Book Prize, University of Mary Washington’s Center for Historic Preservation
Winner of the 2015 Athenaeum Literary Award (for Art and Architecture), The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Winner of the 2016 Historic Preservation Book Prize, University of Mary Washington’s Center for Historic Preservation
Winner of the 2015 Athenaeum Literary Award (for Art and Architecture), The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Winner of the 2014 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, Phi Beta Kappa Society
One of Physics World's Top Ten Books of the Year for 2014
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of Scientific American’s Best 2013 Books for the Physics Fan, chosen by Jennifer Ouellette
One of Science Friday’s Science Book Picks for 2013, chosen by Ira Flatow
One of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014
One of Physics World's Top Ten Books of the Year for 2014
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of Scientific American’s Best 2013 Books for the Physics Fan, chosen by Jennifer Ouellette
One of Science Friday’s Science Book Picks for 2013, chosen by Ira Flatow
One of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014
Harry G. Frankfurt, 2017 Charles Homer Haskins Prize Lecturer, American Council of Learned Societies
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016