Ripley's Believe It or Not Annual
Hardback reference book
Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Annual is a hardback reference book of unusual stories and images. The books consist of hundreds of snippets and longer in-depth articles, illustrated with glossy photographs. Twelve books have been produced since 2005 and they are published worldwide by Ripley Publishing.[1][2] The Ripley’s annual has featured on the New York Times bestseller list on multiple occasions.[3][4]
Published annuals
- Ripley’s Believe It or Not! (2005) ISBN 978-1-893951-73-0
- Planet Eccentric (2006) ISBN 978-1-893951-10-5
- Expect the Unexpected (2007) ISBN 978-1-893951-12-9
- The Remarkable Revealed (2008) ISBN 978-1-893951-22-8
- Prepare to be Shocked (2009) ISBN 978-1-893951-31-0
- Seeing is Believing (2010) ISBN 978-1-893951-45-7
- Enter If You Dare! (2011) ISBN 978-1-893951-63-1
- Strikingly True (2012) ISBN 978-1-60991-000-6
- Download the Weird (2013) ISBN 978-1-60991-032-7
- Dare to Look! (2014) ISBN 978-1-60991-077-8
- Reality Shock! (2015) ISBN 978-1-60991-109-6
- Eye-popping Oddities (2016) ISBN 978-1-84794-752-9
- Unlock the Weird (2017) ISBN 978-1-60991-165-2
- Shatter Your Senses! (2018) ISBN 978-1-60991-178-2
- A Century of Strange (UK title: A Whirlwind of Weird) (2019) ISBN 978-1-84794-833-5
- Beyond the Bizarre (UK title: All Weird! All True) (2020) ISBN 978-1-60991-242-0
- Mind Blown (2021) ISBN 978-1-60991-339-7
- Out of the Box (UK title: All True! All Weird! All Wild!) (2022) ISBN 978-1-60991-480-6
- Escape the Ordinary (2023)
- Level Up! (UK title: All True! Weird! New!) (2024)
In the US, the year is not included on the cover of the book. In the UK, it is.
Upcoming annuals
- Dare to Discover (2025)
Notable individuals featured
- Chayne Hultgren: "The Space Cowboy"
- Brian Dettmer
- Herbert Nitsch
- Ueli Gegenschatz
- Khagendra Thapa Magar
- Erik Sprague
References
External links
- 2011 book review
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- Vitaphone shorts
- 1949
- 1982
- The Animated Series
- 2000
- Philippine
- 2019
- Robert Ripley (creator)
- Paul Frehm
- Walter Frehm
- John Graziano
- Michel Lotito
- Stalking Cat
- The Lizardman
- Riley Schillaci
- Mateo Blanco
- Charles Trippy
- Ireneo Bughao
- Jessica Cox
- The Enigma
- Pyro Boy
- Bill Haast
- Robert Wadlow
- Bob Munden
- Jean-Yves Blondeau
- Matt Stutzman
- The Riddle of Master Lu
- Haunted Adventure
- World of the Unexplained
- Pinball