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.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Winner of the 2018 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science AssociationWinner of the 2018 Louis Brownlow Book Award, National Academy of Public Administration
Peter Eisenman, Winner of the Kanter Tritsch Medal for Excellence in Architecture and Environmental Design, University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Finalist for the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American PublishersWinner of the Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference
Honorable Mention for the Dartmouth Medal, Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association
James Peebles, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in PhysicsFinalist for the PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
One of BBC History Magazine's Best Books of 2020
One of Amazon's Best Books of 2020 in Business and Leadership
Zena Hitz, Winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, The Dallas InstituteSeminary Coop's Notable Books for 2020
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in American Jewish Studies
Finalist for the Shapiro Book Prize, The Shapiro Center for American History and Culture at The HuntingtonWinner of the PROSE Award in North American History, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History
Winner of the Henry Adams Book Prize, Society for History in the Federal Government
Honorable Mention for the Theodore Saloutos Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Finalist for the Mavis Gallant Award for Non-Fiction, Quebec Writers’ Federation
One of The New York Times's 11 Books to Watch For in MayA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice