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
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An Economist Book of the Year
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year 2021Honorable Mention for the Journal of the History of Philosophy Book Prize
One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021
Winner of the 2000 Patrick F. Quinn Award of the Poe Studies Association, Modern Language Association
Shortlisted for the Literary Encyclopedia Book PrizeHonorable Mention for North American Victorian Studies Association Best Book Award
Winner of the Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
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 YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Neuroscience, Association of American PublishersA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A History Today Book of the Year
Winner of the Silver Medal in Biography, Independent Publisher Book AwardsWinner of the Book-of-the-Year Award, Journal of the American Revolution
Finalist in History, ForeWord Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Winner of the Silver Medal in Personal Finance / Retirement Planning / Investing, Axiom Business Book AwardsOne of Morningstar's Recommended Books of the Year