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.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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One of Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Koichi Hamada)Winner of the 2018 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2018 Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize, Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association
Finalist for the 31st D.B. Hardeman Prize, LBJ Foundation
Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cosmology and Astronomy, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American PublishersShortlisted for the 2018 Christian Gauss Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
World’s 2017 Book of the Year in “History”
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in World History, Association of American PublishersHonorable Mention for the 2019 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, University of Notre Dame
Winner of the 2018 George L. Mosse Prize, American Historical Association
Winner of the 2018 Norris and Carol Hundley Award, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association
Shortlisted for the 2018 Pushkin House Russian Book Prize
Selected as a New York Times Editors’ Choice, Aug 24, 2017
One of The Spectator 2017 Books of the Year
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2017
One of The Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year 2017
One of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2017
One of Open Letters Monthly’s “Our Year in Reading 2017
One of the Economist.com "Wise Words 2017 Books of the Year" in History
One of the Millions.com “A Year in Reading 2017: Stephen Dodson”
One of World’s 2017 Books of the Year in “History”
One of London Review Bookshop’s Best History Books, Christmas 2017
Selected for Le Monde’s “Monde des livres” 2017 (chosen by Nicolas Weill)
One of The Australian’s Books of the Year 2017 (chosen by Louis Nowra)
One of the Times Colonist Favorite Books of 2017 (chosen by Adrian Dix)
One of Mosaic's Best Books of 2018 (Ruth Wisse)
Finalist for the 2018 George Washington Prize2017 Finalist in History, ForeWord Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards
Longlisted for the 2018 Cundill History Prize, McGill University
One of the Financial Times' Summer Books of 2019: BusinessOne of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Technology
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One of Five Books' Best Economics Books of 2019
University of Chicago 2019 Recommended Reading
One of Handelsblatt's Best Technology Books of 2019
One of Época Negócios's Best Books of 2019
One of Project Syndicate Commentators' Best Reads in 2019
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Project Syndicate Best Read in 2019
Co-Winner of the Silver Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards
A Financial Times Best Book of the Year
One of Prospect's Best Economics Books of 2019Co-Winner of the Silver Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards
One of Prospect's Best Economics Books of 2019
Co-Winner of the Peter Dobkin Hall History of Philanthropy Book Prize, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)