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.
Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
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Roger Penrose, Co-Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesWinner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Chemistry & Physics, Association of American Publishers
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017Longlisted for the 2017 National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association
Shortlisted for the Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies, Nanovic Institute, University of Notre DameWinner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Music & the Performing Arts, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 Presidential Excellence Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Baruch College, City University of New York
One of the Evening Standard Best Books of 2017 (chosen by Anne McElvoy)
Winner of the Luebbert Best Book Award, Comparative Politics Section of the American Political Science AssociationWinner of the 2018 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research, International Science Council
Finalist for the 2014 George R. Terry Book Award, Academy of Management
Winner of a 2017 Distinguished Book Award, Society of Military History
Winner of the 2017 Excellence in Financial Journalism Book Award, New York State Society of Certified Public AccountantsWinner of the 2017 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers
A New York Times Bestseller
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016
One of Foreign Affairs’ Editors’ Picks 2016
One of The Economist’s Economics and Business Books of the Year 2016
One of The Wall Street Journal’s “The 20 Books That Defined Our Year” 2016
One of the Washington Post’s Best Economics Books 2016
One of Bloomberg View’s “Five Books to Change Conservatives’ Minds,” chosen by Cass Sunstein
One of Bloomberg View’s Great History Books of 2016
#36 on Bloomberg’s "50 Most Influential" List
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of The New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2016 in History
One of the Strategy+Business Best Business Books 2016 in Economy
Shortlisted for the 2016 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
One of The NewYorker.com Page-Turner blog’s “The Books We Loved in 2016”
Longlisted for the 2016 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University
One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2017 in American HistoryHonorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in U.S. History, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award for Architecture & Urban Planning, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Government & Politics, Association of American PublishersWinner of the 2017 David O. Sears Book Award, International Society of Political Psychology
Winner of the 2017 Brian Farrell Book Prize, Political Studies Association of Ireland
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Winner of the 2012 Christianity and Culture Book Award, Christianity Today
Winner of a 2008 Lannan Notable Book Award, Lannan Foundation