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.
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One of The New York Times's 11 Books to Watch For in May
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
Forrest Stuart, Winner of a MacArthur fellowship, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Winner of the CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology & Sociology, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Book Award, Inequality, Poverty and Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology & Sociology, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Award of Excellence in Natural History and Field Guides, The Council on Botanical & Horticultural Libraries
Winner of the Alfred H. Barr Award Jr. Award, College Art Association
Winner of The Photography Network Book Prize
Winner of The Photography Network Book Prize
One of the Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2020
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Parnassus Prize, Memoria College
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Parnassus Prize, Memoria College
Winner of the Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University
Honorable Mention for the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in History
Honorable Mention for the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Winner of the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award, The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America
Honorable Mention for the Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies, Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Winner of the Rachel Feldhay Brenner Award, The Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America