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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Winner of the Peter Gonville Stein Book Award, American Society for Legal HistoryRunner-Up Commendation for the DeLong Book History Book Prize, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing
One of British Birds' Best Bird Books of 2019
Winner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction, Oregon Book AwardsShortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History
One of Whoopi Goldberg's Favorite Things, ABC The View
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
Chicago Tribune writer John Warner's Book That Will Help You Better Understand the Messed-Up Nature of the World
One of The Undefeated's 25 Can't Miss Books of 2019
One of The Progressive's Favorite Books of 2019
One of LitHub's 50 Favorite Books of the Year
One of Inside Higher Ed's Books to Give the Educator in Your Life for the Holidays
One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2019Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the Best Book Published by a University Press, Digital Book World AwardsLonglisted for the getAbstract International Book Award
Winner of the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
Co-Winner of the Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Economics
One of Prospect's Best Economics Books of 2019
An Economist Book of the Year
Mind-opening Business Books of 2019
One of Mint's Books of 2019 You Should Not Miss
A Project Syndicate Best Read in 2019
Winner of the Organisation Internationale de la Vigne et du Vin Grand Prize, History, Literature and Fine Arts CategoryWinner of the Research Prize, Asociación Internacional de Historia y Civilización de la Vid y el Vino
Honorable Mention for the Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geology and Earth Sciences Professional/Scholarly Award, Association of American Publishers
Finalist for the PROSE Award in World History, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the S-USIH Book Prize, Society for U.S. Intellectual HistoryWinner of the Merle Curti Intellectual History Award, Organization of American Historians
Shortlisted for the RHS Gladstone Book Prize, Royal Historical Society
Shortlisted for the ECPR Political Theory Prize, European Consortium for Political Research
One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2019
Winner of the David and Elaine Spitz Prize, The International Conference for the Study of Political Thought
Winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesWinner of the Grawemeyer Award in Education
Winner of the Alice Amsden Book Award, Society for the Advancement of Socio-EconomicsWinner of the Murdo J. MacLeod Book Prize, Latin American and Caribbean Section of the Southern Historical Association
Co-Winner of the EHS First Monograph Prize, Economic History Society
Co-Winner of the Michael H. Hunt Prize in International History, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Honorable Mention for the Stuart L. Bernath Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Finalist for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize
Honorable Mention for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association
Winner of the MSA Book Prize, Modernist Studies AssociationFinalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize, African American Intellectual History Society
Shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History
Best Non-fiction Books of 2019" in Marginal Revolution