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. To inquire about our awards program, including for nomination calls and author requests, please contact Steve_Stillman@press.princeton.edu.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
Browse Awards2223
Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Hands-On category
A Financial Times FT Critics' Book of the YearA Next Big Idea Club Top Happiness Book of the Year
A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year
Winner of the Diana Forsythe Prize, American Anthropological AssociationShortlisted for the Project Syndicate Sustainability Book Award
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Waterstones Best Science Book of the Year
One of Lit Hub's Most Anticipated Books of the YearWinner of the Heartland Booksellers Award in Nonfiction, Midwest Independent Booksellers Association
Longlisted for the Non-Obvious Book Awards
A Scholarly Kitchen Best Books Read and Favorite Cultural Creations of the Year
A Commonweal Best Book of the Year
A New Yorker Best Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Politics Book of the Year
One of The Atlantic's Books That Made Us Think the Most this Year
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
A New Yorker Best Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the YearThird Place for the 2022 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
A Daily Telegraph Best History Book of the YearA Daily Telegraph Best Book of the Year