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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![The Princeton Field Guide to Dinosaurs](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691167664.jpg?w=410&auto=format)
One of the Library Journal's Best Reference (Print, Electronic, and Free Reference Resources) in the Sciences category, for 2009
Honorable Mention for the 2010 PROSE Award in Single Volume Reference/Science, Association of American Publishers
![A Place at the Altar](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691169576.jpg?w=410&auto=format)
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
![For Love of the Prophet](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691165158.jpg?w=410&auto=format)
Winner of the 2017 Award for Excellence in Religion in Analytical-Descriptive Studies, American Academy of Religion
![The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691173221.jpg?w=410&auto=format)
One of The Independent’s Best Books of 2014
One of South China Morning Post’s Best Books of 2014
One of The Globe and Mail 75 Book Ideas for Christmas 2014
![Moral Imagination](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691173160.jpg?w=410&auto=format)
One of The Times Higher Education Supplement’s Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Jane Shaw
![The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece](https://pup-assets.imgix.net/onix/images/9780691173146.jpg?w=410&auto=format)
One of Flavorwire’s 10 Must-Read Academic Books for 2015
Shortlisted for the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
One of HistoryBuff.com’s 10 Can’t-Miss History Books of 2015