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
Browse Awards1967
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in History, Jewish Book Council
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Legal Studies and Criminology, Association of American Publishers
One of NPR's best books of 2020Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
One of BBC Science Focus Magazine's Best Books of 2020
One of the Financial Times Selected Titles for 2020 Visions: The Year Ahead in BooksOne of New Statesman's Books to Read in 2020
A New York Times Bestseller
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller
One of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Spring
A New York Times Editors' Choice
One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2020: Economics
Finalist for the Best Non-Fiction Book, Digital Book World Awards
Finalist for the Best Book Published by a University Press, Digital Book World Awards
Shortlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2020
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2020 in Economics
One of The Sunday Times' Best Business Books of 2020
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
One of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of SpringFinalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers
One of Business Insider's 10 Books to Read to Learn about the Future of Work
One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2020: ScienceShortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Prize for Science Books
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2020: Science
One of Waterstones' Books of the Year 2020: Popular Science
One of Symmetry Magazine's Top Physics Books of 2020
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers
One of The Atlantic's Best Books of 2018
Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Field Guide, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Government and Politics, Association of American Publishers