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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One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2019Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers
One of British Birds' Best Bird Books of 2019
One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2019
Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize, African American Intellectual History Society
One of Jewish Ideas Daily.com's 40 Best Jewish Books of 2012
One of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018One of Marketwatch's Nonfiction Best of 2018 Books
One of Kirkus’ Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books for Fall 2019Named a Publishers Weekly Big Indie Book of Fall 2019
Winner of the PROSE Award in Architecture and Urban Planning, Association of American Publishers
Best Non-fiction Books of 2019" in Marginal Revolution
Winner of the UNT Rilke Prize, University of North Texas
“Book Title of the Year,” as selected for Curbed.com’s Architecture in 2015: A Year in Review
Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the 2018 Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award, Human Rights Section of the American Sociological Association