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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Honorable Mention for the 2001 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Multivolume Reference: Humanities, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association
Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Culture
Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Environmental Science, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science AssociationWinner of the 2018 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Honorable Mention for the Theory Prize, Theory Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book, Economic Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2018 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball ResearchFinalist for the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, Pen American Center
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 Don K. Price Award, Science, Technology & Environmental Politics Section of the American Political Science Association