Fellow of the Royal Society, UNESCO Niels Bohr-medaille (2005), Albert Einstein World Award of Science, Templetonprijs, Balzanprijs (1989), Isaac Newton Medal (2012), Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (2004), Gouden medaille van de Royal Astronomical Society(1987), Marcel Grossmann Award (2015), Karl Schwarzschild Medal (1989), Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1984), Bruce Medal(1993), Bruno Rossi Prize (2000), Bakerian Lecture (1982), Diracmedaille(2013), Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (1998), Order of Merit, Knight Bachelor, Wolfprijs voor natuurkunde (2024)
The Final Century, Will the Human Race Survive the Twenty-first Century (2003) (UK titel)
Our Final Hour: A Scientist's Warning: How Terror, Error, and Environmental Disaster Threaten Humankind's Future In This Century--On Earth and Beyond (2003) (USA titel)
Our Cosmic Habitat (2001)
In het Nederlands verschenen als 'De kosmos, onze wereld')
Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape the Universe (2000)
In het Nederlands verschenen als 'Zes getallen')
Before the Beginning - Our Universe and Others (1997)
Gravity's Fatal Attraction: Black Holes in the Universe (1995)
New Perspectives in Astrophysical Cosmology (1995)
Cosmic Coincidences: Dark Matter, Mankind, and Anthropic Cosmology (1989, samen met John Gribbin)