Founded in 1905, Princeton University Press has published vital scholarly works since its inception. The press embraces the highest standard in peer-reviewed publications and strives to achieve excellence, diversity, and inclusivity in publishing.
In keeping with the press’s commitment to serve the nation and the world, Princeton University Press publishes works for scholars, students, and engaged readers everywhere.
Princeton is home to several distinguished authors and Nobel Laureates, including Michael Kremer and Richard H. Thaler. Princeton specializes in the areas of economics, education, engineering, literature, science, and mathematics.
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Pulitzer Prizes
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Bancroft Prizes
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National Book Awards
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Award-Winning Highlights
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson,
Volume 48
A definitive scholarly edition of the correspondence and papers of Thomas Jefferson
The Evolution of Imperfection
How understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be human
Seekers of Wonder
Women’s cultural and political engagement with oral tales and traditions in European peripheries
Scholarship across disciplines:
Subject Area | Description |
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Ancient World | a broad disciplinary and geographically inclusive approach to understanding humanity’s ancient past |
Anthropology | how people in disparate cultures across time and space live and think about their world |
Art & Architecture | comprehensive in its approach to subject matter, period, and geography, with titles ranging from authoritative, award-winning scholarly studies and primary materials |
Biology | core strengths in ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavioral biology alongside emerging strengths in biological anthropology, microbiome science, and more |
Computer Science & Electrical Engineering | focuses on the nature of computation and its applications |
Earth Science | ranges widely, with particular strengths in climatology, ocean science, atmospheric science, and the biogeosciences |
Economics & Finance | books that actively influence how the field defines and redefines itself through a broad range of new and challenging ideas |
Education | highlights higher education and features works by economists, historians, and other scholars from the social sciences and humanities |
History | characterized by its long-standing efforts to seek out and publish the most exciting new research, innovative topics, field-defining books, and projects with a global approach |
History of Science & Knowledge | history of the natural and physical sciences, from antiquity to the present, while also incorporating histories of the humanities and the social sciences, of academic disciplines, and of the book |
Literature | literary criticism, history, biography, and reference; primary works by notable writers; poetry, in English and in translation; and occasional works on writing, research, and teaching |
Mathematics | pure and applied mathematics; the history, philosophy, and foundations of mathematics; and the intersection of mathematics with the sciences, the arts, and society |
Nature | the nature field guides list ranges far and wide in its coverage of the natural world |
Neuroscience & Psychology | understanding how the brain and mind work, embracing explorations of the neural basis of cognition and behavior, from how emotions are generated to how we navigate our world |
Philosophy | books that reach into adjacent fields and we seek to engage general readers in search of the wisdom philosophy has to offer |
Physics & Astronomy | trade titles, monographs, and textbooks on topics ranging from the quantum to the cosmic |
Political Science | books that speak not only to topics of contemporary and immediate relevance, but also to enduring questions regarding states, governments, social behavior, and political conflict |
Religion | publishing scholars who study religion across a wide variety of time periods, world regions, and religious traditions |
Sociology | qualitative and quantitative research in such areas as cultural sociology, economic sociology, urban sociology, and computational sociology |
Princeton University Press
Copyright Year Collections
Year | Type | Title Count |
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2026 | Frontlist | 73 |
2023-2025 | Recent Frontlist | 209 |
2020-2022 | Contemporary I | 228 |
2017-2019 | Contemporary II | 178 |
2014-2016 | Contemporary III | 214 |
Pre-2014 | Backfile | 741 |
