| Country | Award | Venue / sponsor | Notes |
|---|
| United Kingdom | Best science book ever | Royal Institution | Based on vote |
| United States | Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award | American Astronomical Society | |
| Canada | Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award | Geological Association of Canada | |
| United States | James T. Grady-James H. Stack Award for Interpreting Chemistry | American Chemical Society | |
| Denmark | H. C. Ørsted Medal | Society for the Dissemination of Natural Science | |
| Canada | Innis-Gérin Medal | Royal Society of Canada | Literature of the social sciences |
| Poland | Jan Długosz Award | International Book Fair in Kraków | Polish works that contribute to advancement of science and cultural enrichment |
| United States | John Burroughs Medal | John Burroughs Association | Work distinguished in the field of natural history |
| Canada | Lane Anderson Award | Fitzhenry Family Foundation | Canadian non-fiction science; adult and young readers |
| International | Ludwik Fleck Prize | Society for the Social Studies of Science | Published book in science and technology studies |
| United States | Patrusky Lecture | Council for the Advancement of Science Writing |
| United States | PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award | PEN America | |
| Canada | Prix Hubert-Reeves | Association of Science Communicators of Quebec | Canadian author(s) of a popular science book written in French and published in Canada |
| United Kingdom | Royal Society of London Michael Faraday Prize | Royal Society | Excellence in communicating science to UK audiences |
| United Kingdom | Royal Society Prizes for Science Books | Royal Society | Outstanding popular science books from around the world |
| United States | Science in Society Journalism Awards | National Association of Science Writers | Outstanding investigative and interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact for good and ill |
| United States | Science Writing Award | American Institute of Physics | |
| United States | Walter P. Kistler Book Award | Foundation For the Future | Science books that significantly increase the knowledge and understanding of the public regarding subjects that will shape the future of our species |