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 Forbes Best Higher Education Book
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the PROSE Award in Education Theory and Practice, Association of American Publishers
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
One of The Wall Street Journal's Best of the February Bookshelf
One of Forbes' Best Higher Education Books of 2020
One of the Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2020Finalist for the PROSE Award in Literature, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the Parnassus Prize, Memoria College
Winner of the Frederic W. Ness Book Award, Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesWinner of the Grawemeyer Award in Education
Co-Winner of the Emory Elliott Book Award, UCR Center for Ideas & SocietyHonorable Mention for the Pierre Bourdieu Award for Best Book, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
A Forbes' Pick for The Year's Best Books About Higher Education, 2019
Winner of the 2017 PROSE Award in Education Practice, Association of American PublishersOne of Times Higher Education’s Books of the Year 2017 (chosen by John Bowers)
One of Tyler Cowen's Best Non-Fiction Books of 2018One of Bloomberg Opinion's Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2018 (Stephen L. Carter)
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award in Education Theory, Association of American Publishers
Martha C. Nussbaum, Recipient of the 2012 Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
Winner of the 2015 AERA Division J Outstanding Publication Award, American Educational Research Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016Honorable Mention for the 2017 PROSE Award in Education Theory, Association of American Publishers
Honorable Mention for the 2008 PROSE Award in Education, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2013 Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the 2013 Pierre Bourdieu Award for Best Book, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
Winner of the 2011 President's Book Award, Social Science History Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016
One of The Times Higher Education Supplement’s Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Steven Schwartz
Winner of the 2013 O.L. Davis, Jr. Book Award, American Association for Teaching and Curriculum.Winner of the 2013 Gold Medal in Education II (Commentary/Theory), Independent Publisher Book Awards.
Winner of the 2013 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Education, University Professional and Continuing Higher Education Association.
Finalist for the 2012 Book of the Year Award in Education, ForeWord Reviews.
Andrew Delbanco, Winner of the 2011 National Humanities Medal.
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013.
Honorable Mention for the 2012 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Education, Association of American Publishers.
Winner of the 2011 Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association
One of The Times Higher Education Supplement’s Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Steven Schwartz
Winner of the 2011 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Higher Education, University Professional and Continuing Education AssociationHonorable Mention for the 2010 PROSE Award in Education, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2001 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers
Co-Winner of the 2005 Gladys M. Kammerer Award, American Political Science Association
Winner of the 2014 AERA Division D Significant Contribution to Educational Measurement and Research Methodology Award, American Educational Research Association
Winner of the 1996 Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la littérature françaises, Académie française
Winner of the 2010 Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological AssociationHonorable Mention for the 2009 PROSE Award in Education, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2012 Philip E. Frandson Award for Literature in the Field of Continuing Higher Education, University Professional and Continuing Education Association
Winner of the 2005 Outstanding Book Award, American Educational Research AssociationWinner of the 2005 Critics' Choice Award, American Educational Studies Association
Winner of the 2008 Frederic W. Ness Book Award
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2009
Winner of the 2007 Honor Book Award, New Jersey Council for the Humanities
Winner of the Aaron Wildavsky Best Book Award
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000Winner of the Thomas N. Bonner Prize
Winner of the 2001 Grawemeyer Award in EducationWinner of the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Government and Political Science, Association of American Publishers