Awards
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
Browse Awards2098
Selected as One of the Top 10 Poetry Books of Spring 2020 by Publisher's Weekly
Honorable Mention for the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
One of NPR's best books of 2020Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
One of BBC Science Focus Magazine's Best Books of 2020
One of the Financial Times Selected Titles for 2020 Visions: The Year Ahead in BooksOne of New Statesman's Books to Read in 2020
A New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
One of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Spring
A New York Times Editors' Choice
One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2020: Economics
Finalist for the Best Non-Fiction Book, Digital Book World Awards
Finalist for the Best Book Published by a University Press, Digital Book World Awards
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2020 in Economics
One of The Sunday Times' Best Business Books of 2020
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the William G. Bowen Book Award, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University
Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Theory, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of Business Insider's 10 Books to Read to Learn about the Future of Work
Co-Winner of the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American PublishersOne of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Spring
One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2020: ScienceShortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Prize for Science Books
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2020: Science
One of Waterstones' Books of the Year 2020: Popular Science
One of Symmetry Magazine's Top Physics Books of 2020
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize, Society of American HistoriansWinner of the Richard Slatten Award for Excellence in Virginia Biography, Virginia Museum of History & Culture (Virginia Historical Society)
One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and LeadershipWinner of the Spur Award for Best Western Contemporary Nonfiction, Western Writers of America
Finalist for the Reading the West Book Award in Adult Narrative Nonfiction
One of The Atlantic's Best Books of 2018