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
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Finalist for the National Book AwardFinalist for the Outstanding Western Book Award, Center for the Study of the American West
Winner of the George Perkins Marsh Prize, American Society for Environmental History
Kansas Notable Book of the Year
Winner of the Bonney MacDonald Book Award, Center for the Study of the American West
Winner of the Victor Turner Prize, Society for Humanistic Anthropology
Winner of the 2002 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Philosophy, Association of American PublishersWinner of the 2003 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, American Academy of Religion
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003
Longlisted for the Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021A New Scientist Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biomedicine, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the American Library in Paris Book AwardShortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill University
Winner of the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Leo Gershoy Award, American Historical Association
Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill UniversityOne of NPR's 'Books We Love'
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the James Holly Hanford Award, Milton Society of America
Winner of the Pol Roger Duff Cooper PrizeWinner of the PROSE Award in European History, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize, Wolfson Foundation
Shortlisted for the London Hellenic Prize, The Hellenic Centre
Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill University
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2020: PoliticsOne of Kirkus Reviews Best Big-Picture History Books of 2020
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice
A NRC Book of the Year