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
Browse Awards & Recognition
Winner of the Canopus Award for Excellence in Interstellar Writing, Long-Form Nonfiction Category
Winner of the Stowe Prize, Harriet Beecher Stowe CenterLonglisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards, Personal Development & Human Behavior Category
A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year
A NationSwell Book of the Year
Finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems
Nominated for the getAbstract International Book Award
Shortlisted for the getAbstract International Book Award 2023, Business Impact Category
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the Best Book Award, Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association
Winner of the Best Book Award, American Political Thought Section of the American Political Science AssociationA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American PublishersA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Longlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize, New India Foundation
A Word & Way Book of the Year
A Foreign Affairs Best of Books
A CNN Style Best Book of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Art Exhibitions, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the MSA Book Prize, Modernist Studies AssociationWinner of the MSA Book Prize, Modernist Studies Association
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year