Awards & Recognition
91桃色 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, 91桃色 books are named among the year鈥�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.
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A Stevereads Best Science and Nature Book of the Year
An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the YearA Birdbooker Report Best Bird Book of the Year
An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the YearA Birdbooker Report Best Bird Book of the Year
Birdwatch Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the Award of Excellence in Botany, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries
A Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Book 鈥� Books for Children
An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the Year
A Library Journal Best Science & Technology Book of the YearA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biological SciencesNominated for the Smart Book of the Year Award, Science Category
BirdWatching Magazine Book of the Month
An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the Year
An American Birding Association Best Bird Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nature & Environment Book of the Year
One of American Institute of Graphic Arts鈥� Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021
Winner of the Nature Guidebook Award, National Outdoor Book Awards
One of New Statesman's Books of the Year 2021
Winner of the Presidents鈥� Award, Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland and Wild Flower Society
Honorable Mention for the 2012 National Outdoor Book Awards, Nature & Environment CategoryWinner of the 2013 Cover/Jacket Merit Award in the Professional, Reference category, New York Book Show
Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Field Guide, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
One of American Institute of Graphic Arts鈥� Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Popular Science and Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Nature Guidebooks
One of American Birding Podcast's Best Bird Books of 2018 (Donna Schulman & Nate Swick)
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011One 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
Honorable Mention for the 2018 William Mills Prize for Non-Fiction Polar Books, Polar Libraries Colloquy
Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Best App/eProduct
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2016One of the Birdbooker Report's Best Bird Books of 2014
Winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Outstanding Work by a Trade Publisher, Association of American
Winner of a 2015 Outstanding Reference Sources Award, Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association
Richard Crossley, Winner of the 2012 ABA Robert Ridgway Award for Publications in Field Ornithology, American Birding AssociationOne of The Guardian鈥檚 Best Nature Books of 2013, chosen by Stephen Moss
Winner of a 2014 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature GuidebooksSecond Place for the 2013 BB/BTO Best Bird Book of the Year, British Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology
Honorable Mention for the 2013 PROSE Award in Single Volume Reference/Science, Association of American Publishers
Richard Crossley, Winner of the 2012 ABA Robert Ridgway Award for Publications in Field Ornithology, American Birding AssociationHonorable Mention for the 2013 National Outdoor Book Awards, Nature Guidebooks
Winner of the 2011 Award for Excellence in Reference Works, Association of American PublishersRichard Crossley, Winner of the 2012 ABA Robert Ridgway Award for Publications in Field Ornithology, American Birding Association
Co-Winner of the 2012 Bronze Medal in Environment/Ecology/Nature, Independent Publisher Book Awards
One of Joel Lerner's (The Washington Post) The Year's Best Gardening Books
Honorable Mention for the 2009 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature Guidebooks
Winner of the 2009 Louis Brownlow Book Award
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2005
Winner of the 2003 Best Bird Book - South America, Worldtwitch
Winner of the 2002 Best Bird Families Book, Worldtwitch