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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Winner of a 2017 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature and EnvironmentOne 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 Project Syndicate’s Best Reads in 2017 (chosen by Kermal Dervi )
Winner of the 2018 CITAMS Book Award, Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association
One of Foreign Affairs Best of Books 2017 – Political and Legal / Globalization
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Winner of the Commonwealth Award for Science and Invention, Sigma XiAssociation of American Publishers Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geography and Earth Sciences
Commonwealth Award for Science and Invention, Sigma Xi
Honorable Mention for the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geography and Earth Sciences, Association of American Publishers
Peter Grant – Winner of the 2017 Royal Medal in Biology, The Royal Society
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1992
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993
Honorable Mention for the 2001 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Multivolume Reference: Humanities, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1994