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.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Winner of the Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association
Longlisted for the 2018 Spirited Awards Best New Book on Drinks, Culture, History, or Spirits, Tales of the Cocktail
Longlisted for the 2018 Spirited Awards Best New Book on Drinks, Culture, History, or Spirits, Tales of the Cocktail
Co-Winner of the AIP Science Communication Book Award, American Institute of Physics
Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
One of Inverse's Best Science Books of 2018
Longlisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
One of Inverse's Best Science Books of 2018
One of American Birding Podcast's Best Bird Books of 2018 (Nate Swick)
One of British Birds' Best Bird Books of 2019
One of British Birds' Best Bird Books of 2019
Winner of the Silver Medal, Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Winner of the 2018 Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award, American Schools of Oriental Research
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Winner of the 2018 Nancy Lapp Popular Book Award, American Schools of Oriental Research