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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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Library Journal Best Science & Technology Book of the YearWinner of the PROSE Award in Biological Sciences, Association of American Publishers
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearWinner of the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the PROSE Award in Biological Anthropology, Archaeology, and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
An Economist Book of the Year
One of New Scientist's best science books to read in 2021A New Scientist Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, PEN AmericaOne of Waterstones' Books of the Year 2020: Popular Science
A New Scientist "Don't Miss" Book
Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books for Young Adults
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biological Anthropology, Ancient History, and Archaeology, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the PROSE Award in Single Volume Reference/Biological Science, Association of American Publishers
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Co-Winner of the AIP Science Communication Book Award, American Institute of PhysicsLonglisted for the Young Adult Science Book Award, AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books
One of Inverse's Best Science Books of 2018
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Winner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic MonographWinner of the 2017 British Psychological Society Book Awards, Best Academic Monograph
Winner of the 2018 PROSE Award in Biological Science, Association of American Publishers
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
One of Forbes.com’s 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist
Selected for Askblog’s Books of the year 2017
Selected for Askblog’s Books of the year 2017
Winner of the 2018 Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal, National Academy of Sciences
Winner of the 2008 Gerald L. Young Book Award in Human Ecology
Winner of the W.W. Howells Book Award, Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association2017 Regional Finalist in Science, ForeWord Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
Shortlisted for the 2018 TWS Wildlife Publication Awards, The Wildlife Society
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
Peter Grant – Winner of the 2017 Royal Medal in Biology, The Royal Society
Honorable Mention for the 1997 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geography and Earth Science, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015
Winner of the 2016 Postgraduate Textbook Prize, Royal Society of Biology
One of New York Times Notable Books for 1997
One of American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014
Winner of the 2003 Book Award in Science, Phi Beta Kappa
Shortlisted for the 2013 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2006
Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Biological Sciences, Association of American PublishersOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014
One of American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Books for General Audiences and Young Adults 2014
Winner of the 2016 BES Marsh Christian Trust Book Award, British Ecological Association
One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2013
One of the New Scientist’s Best Science Books of 2013
Longlisted for the 2013 Society of Biology Book Awards in General Biology
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2007
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011
Peter and Rosemary Grant – Winners of the 2017 Royal Medal in Biology, The Royal Society
Winner of the 2007 Wildlife Publications Award in the Outstanding Edited Book Category, The Wildlife Society
Peter and Rosemary Grant – Winners of the 2017 Royal Medal in Biology, The Royal Society
One of Financial Times (FT.com)'s Books of the Year in Nonfiction Round-Up in the Science & Environment list for 2010
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Winner of the 2004 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Geology and Earth Science, Association of American Publishers
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1995