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
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Winner of the ASLI Choice Award, Atmospheric Science Librarians InternationalWinner of the PROSE Award in Earth Science, Association of American Publishers
One of The Art Newspaper's Favourite Books of 2019
A Library Journal Fall 2021 Nonfiction MustA Barnes & Noble Best History Book of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Biographies of the Year
A Waterstones Best History Book of 2021
A CapX Book of the Year
One of Amazon.com's 2014 Best Books of the Year: Arts & PhotographyOne of nbc.com’s "Holiday Gift Books Span the Science Spectrum" for 2014
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021
An Economist Book of the Year
Winner of the 2000 Patrick F. Quinn Award of the Poe Studies Association, Modern Language Association
One of The Guardian’s Best Nature Books of 2017, chosen by Stephen Moss
A Times and Sunday Times Best Science and Environment Book of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Neuroscience, Association of American Publishers
A History Today Book of the Year
Winner of the Journal of the American Revolution Book AwardFinalist in History, ForeWord Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards