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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Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Cultural Anthropology and Sociology, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Reading the West Book Award in NonfictionWinner of the Cover & Design Award, The Nebraska Center for the Book
Shortlisted for the Wildlife Publication Award in Biography/History of Wildlife Biology, The Wildlife Society
Winner of the History of Sociology and Social Thought Book Award, American Sociological Association
A Birdwatcher's Yearbook Best Bird Book of the Year
A New Statesman Essential Non-Fiction Book of 2021Winner of the PROSE Award in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, Association of American Publishers
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Financial Times Best Economics Book of the Year 2021A CapX Book of the Year
Winner of the Gold Medal in Business Commentary, Axiom Business Book Awards
An Economist Book of the YearA Behavioral Scientist's Notable Book
A Wall Street Journal Favorite Political Book of the Year
A FiveBooks Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
Winner of the Richard A. Lester Book Award, Industrial Relations Section Industrial Relations Section
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Sociology section of the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention for the Allan Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association
Honorable Mention for the Ecocriticism Book Award, Association for the Study of Literature and EnvironmentCo-Winner of the Stansky Prize, North American Conference on British Studies
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Co-Winner of the Stansky Prize, North American Conference on British Studies