Awards & Recognition
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.
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One of The Guardian’s Favourite Reads of 2017 as chosen by scientists
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Psychology, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 British Psychological Society Book Award, Best Academic Monograph
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Psychology, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 British Psychological Society Book Award, Best Academic Monograph
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Shortlisted for the 2018 Gladstone Prize, Royal Historical Society
Shortlisted for the 2018 Gladstone Prize, Royal Historical Society
Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Honorable Mention for the 2017 ENMISA Distinguished Book Award, Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Section the International Studies Association
Winner of the 2017 Association for Asian American Studies Award for Best Book in History
Winner of the 2016 Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Runner-up for the 2016 Hamilton Book Awards, University Co-operative Society, University of Texas at Austin
Winner of the 2015 Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE)
Winner of the 2015 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Honor Book, 2015 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature, Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
Winner of the 2016 Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Runner-up for the 2016 Hamilton Book Awards, University Co-operative Society, University of Texas at Austin
Winner of the 2015 Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE)
Winner of the 2015 Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Award, Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Honor Book, 2015 Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature, Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Shortlisted for the 2013 BSHM Neumann Book Prize, British Society for the History of Mathematics
Shortlisted for the 2013 BSHM Neumann Book Prize, British Society for the History of Mathematics
Winner of a 2017 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature and Environment
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Longlisted for the 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
Winner of the 2018 CBHL Award of Excellence in Gardening and Gardens, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Longlisted for the 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
Winner of the 2018 CBHL Award of Excellence in Gardening and Gardens, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries