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 New Yorker Best Book We Read So Far
A New York Post "Required Reading" Book
A New Yorker Best Book We've Read This YearA History Today Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic LeagueShortlisted for the London Hellenic Prize, London Hellenic Society
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the 2008 James R. Wiseman Book Award, Archaeological Institute of AmericaWinner of the 2007 Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Classics and Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
One of New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable books for 2007
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award in Scholarship
A Library Journal Fall 2021 Nonfiction MustA Barnes & Noble Best History Book of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Nonfiction Books of the Year
One of Kirkus Reviews' Best Biographies of the Year
A Waterstones Best History Book of 2021
A CapX Book of the Year
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearWinner of the McKay Award, Vergilian Society
Winner of the 2009 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, American Philological Association
Finalist for the Best First Book in the History of Religions, American Academy of ReligionWinner of the CAMWS First Book Award, Classical Association of the Middle West and South
Winner of the Herbert Baxter Adams Prize, American Historical Association
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Finalist for the PROSE Award in Archaeology and Ancient History, Association of American PublishersOne of the Evening Standard's Best Books of 2019
One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2019: Economics
One of Medium.com’s Books of the Year 2017One of The Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year 2017
One of the Forbes.com “Great Anthropology and History Books of 2017” (chosen by Kristina Killgrove)
One of The Federalist’s Notable Books for 2017
Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Classics, Association of American Publishers
One of Strategy + Business's Best Business Books in Economics for 2018
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
Co-Winner of the 2018 Runciman Award, The Anglo-Hellenic League
Longlisted for the Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic LeagueA Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year
Winner of the 2017 James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association
One of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
One of BookAuthority’s Three Best New Robotics Audiobooks To Read in 2019
Winner of a 2017 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies
One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018
Co-Winner of the 2019 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
Winner of the Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies
Winner of a 2018 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies
Shortlisted for the 2017 London Hellenic Prize, London Hellenic SocietyWinner of the 2018 NAVSA Book Prize, North American Victorian Studies Association
Winner of the 2018 Robert Lowry Patten Award, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
One of The Times Literary Supplement’s Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Emily Wilson
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1996
A Winner of the 2017 CAMWS First Book Award, Classical Association of the Middle West and SouthOne of CHOICE’s Outstanding Academic Titles for 2017
Winner of the 2016 Douglass C. North Research Award, Society for Institutional and Organizational Economics (SIOE)One of Flavorwire’s 10 Must-Read Academic Books for 2015
Shortlisted for the 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society
One of HistoryBuff.com’s 10 Can’t-Miss History Books of 2015
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1997
Winner of the 2016 Sarasvati Award for Best Nonfiction Book in Women and Mythology, Association for the Study of Women & Mythology2015 Silver Medal Winner in the Independent Publisher Book Awards, World History category
Selected for The New York Times Book Review’s “The Year in Reading” 2016
Shortlisted for the 2014 London Hellenic Prize
One of Foreign Affairs’ Best Military, Scientific, and Technological Books of 2015
Selected for American Scientist’s Science Book Gift Guide 2014
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2014Shortlisted for the 2015 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
Winner of a 2016 Charles Goodwin Award of Merit, Society for Classical Studies
Winner of the 2013 Philip Schaff Prize, American Society of Church HistoryWinner of the 2013 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History, American Philosophical Society
Winner of the 2012 R. R. Hawkins Award, PROSE Awards, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2012 Award for Excellence in Humanities, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2012 Gold Medal Book of the Year Award, History category, ForeWord Reviews
Winner of the 2012 PROSE Award in Classics & Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
One of Bloomberg’s Best Books of 2016
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013
Honorable Mention for the 2013 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, McGill University
A Baptist Times Book of the Year
Winner of the 2007 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2004
Winner of the 2010 PROSE Award in Classics & Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
Shortlisted for the 2012 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Winner of the 1993 Herbert Feis Award, American Historical AssociationOne of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1993
One of Books & Culture's Favorite Books for 2009
Winner of the 2010 Felicia A. Holton Book Award, Archaeological Institute of America
Winner of the 2012 Charles J. Goodwin Award of Merit, American Philological AssociationShortlisted for the 2012 Runciman Award, Anglo-Hellenic League
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Judith Herrin, Winner of the 2016 Dr A.H. Heineken Prize, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010
Honorable Mention for the 2006 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Multi Volume Reference Works/Humanities & Social Sciences, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the Charles J. Goodwin Award
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2003
Winner of the James Henry Breasted Prize, American Historical Association
Winner of the 2004 C.J. Goodwin Award of Merit, American Philological Association
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
Winner of the 1999 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Sociology and Anthropology, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Multivolume Reference Work in the Humanities, Association of American Publishers
Winner of the John D. Criticos Prize
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1998
Winner of the 2000 Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation, PEN American Center
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1991