Awards & Recognition
Princeton University Press books have won numerous awards, including seven 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, the Holberg Prize, and the Cundill Prize. Every year, Princeton University Press books are named among theyear’s best reads by publications around the world.
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Nobel Prize–Winning Authors
- Daron Acemoglu
Economics, 2024
- Claudia Goldin
Economics, 2023
- Syukuro Manabe
Physics, 2021
- Joshua D. Angrist
Economics, 2021
- David Card
Economics, 2021
- Roger Penrose
Physics, 2020
- Michael Kremer
Economics, 2019
- P. James E. Peebles
Physics, 2019
- William D. Nordhaus
Economics, 2018
- Richard H. Thaler
Economics, 2017
- Kip S. Thorne
Physics, 2017
- Angus Deaton
Economics, 2015
Economics, 2014- Lars Peter Hansen
Economics, 2013
- Robert J. Shiller
Economics, 2013
- Alvin E. Roth
Economics, 2012
- Lloyd S. Shapley
Economics, 2012
- Thomas J. Sargent
Economics, 2011
- Peter Diamond
Economics, 2010
- Mario Vargas Llosa
Literature, 2010
- Elinor Ostrom
Economics, 2009
- Edmund S. Phelps
Economics, 2006
- Robert J. Aumann
Economics, 2005
- David J. Gross
Physics, 2004
- Robert Engle
Economics, 2003
- Clive William John Granger
Economics, 2003
- J. M. Coetzee
Literature, 2003
- George A. Akerlof
Economics, 2001
- Joseph E. Stiglitz
Economics, 2001
- Amartya Sen
Economics, 1998
- Wislawa Szymborska
Literature, 1996
- John Nash
Economics, 1994
- Douglass C. North
Economics, 1993
- William F. Sharpe
Economics, 1990
- Robert M. Solow
Economics, 1987
- Val L. Fitch
Physics, 1980
- William Arthur Lewis
Economics, 1979
- Philip W. Anderson
Physics, 1977
- Milton Friedman
Economics, 1976
- Baruch S. Blumberg
Medicine, 1976
- Kenneth Arrow
Economics, 1972
- Manfred Eigen
Chemistry, 1967
- S. Y. Agnon
Literature, 1966
- Richard P. Feynman
Physics, 1965
- François Jacob
Medicine, 1965
- George Seferis
Literature, 1963
- Eugene P. Wigner
Physics, 1963
- Saint-John Perse
Literature, 1960
- Luigi Pirandello
Literature, 1934
- Albert Einstein
Physics, 1921
- Woodrow Wilson
Peace Prize, 1919
- Maurice Maeterlinck
Literature, 1911
Browse Awards & Recognition
The Criminal State:War, Atrocity, and the Dream of International JusticeLawrence Douglas One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books of the Year
The Presidency of Joseph R. Biden:A First Historical AssessmentJulian E. Zelizer One of Foreign Policy's Most Anticipated Books of the Year
Father Time:How Nurturing Is Natural for MenSarah Blaffer Hrdy Longlisted for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, PEN America
Winner of the PROSE Award in Biological Anthropology, Archeology and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
A New Statesman Best Book of the Academic Presses
A Telegraph Best Book to Read This Summer
A Daily Express Best Book of the Year
The Atlas of World Embroidery:A Global Exploration of Heritage and StylesGillian Vogelsang-Eastwood A Hyperallergic Art Book We're Excited to Read
Michelangelo and Titian:A Tale of Rivalry and GeniusWilliam E. Wallace An Art Newspaper Art Book to Look Out For
Niki de Saint Phalle:The SketchbooksLarry Warsh An Air Mail Best Coffee Table Book of the Year
Hebrew Orientalism:Jewish Engagement with Arabo-Islamic Culture in Late Ottoman and British PalestineMostafa Hussein Shortlisted for the National Jewish Book Award in Nonfiction, Jewish Book Council
The Broken China Dream:How Reform Revived TotalitarianismMinxin Pei One of China Book Review's Best China Books of the Year
Habitats of Europe:A Field Guide for Birders, Naturalists, and EcologistsDale Forbes,Iain Campbell, andPete Morris BirdWatching Magazine Book of the Month
Crime and No Punishment:Wealth, Power, and Violence in AmericaMarie Gottschalk Finalist for the Zócalo Public Square Book Prize
Killing the Dead:Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New WorldJohn Blair A History Today Book of the Year
Grandma Moses:A Good Day's WorkLeslie Umberger andRandall R. Griffey A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Art, Architecture & Photography Book