Awards & Recognition
91ÌÒÉ« 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, 91ÌÒÉ« books are named among the year’s best reads by publications around the world.
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 the PROSE Award in Biological Sciences, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the R.R. Hawkins Award, Association of American Publishers

Winner of the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Mathematics, Association of American Publishers

A New Scientist Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year


One 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