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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New Zealand Listener's Best Book of 2019One of FiveBooks' Best Climate Books of 2019
Winner of the James Short Senior Scholar Award, Communities and Place Division of the American Society of Criminology
One of the Evening Standard's Best Books of 2019One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Economics
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Archaeology and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the John Florio Prize, The Society of Authors
Winner of the PROSE Award in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the MSA First Book Prize, Modernist Studies Association
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2018: HistoryOne of Foreign Affairs' Picks for Best of Books 2018
Longlisted for the 2019 ICAS Book Prize in Humanities, International Convention of Asia Scholars
Winner of the Raphael Lemkin Book Award, Institute for the Study of Genocide
Winner of the Distinguished Book Award in Non-U.S. History, Society for Military History
Winner of the George McT. Kahin Prize, Association for Asian Studies
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
One of Whoopi Goldberg's Favorite Things, ABC The ViewChicago Tribune writer John Warner's Book That Will Help You Better Understand the Messed-Up Nature of the World
New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
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
Shortlisted for the MAAH Stone Book Award, Museum of African American History
Shortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
Finalist for the Oregon Book Awards
Winner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General Nonfiction, Oregon Book Awards
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: EconomicsOne 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
Winner of the PROSE Award in Economics, Association of American Publishers
A Project Syndicate Best Read in 2019
Co-Winner of the Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards
Finalist for the Best Book Published by a University Press, Digital Book World Awards
Longlisted for the getAbstract International Book Award
One of Forbes' Must-Read Brain Books of 2019Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers
One of British Birds' Best Bird Books of 2019