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]}

Contents

• Published annuals
• Upcoming annuals
• Notable individuals featured
• References
• External links

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)
• Dare to Discover (UK title: Spark Your Curiosity) (2025)
• Seek the Strange (2026)

In the US, the year is not included on the cover of the book. In the UK, it is.

Upcoming annuals

1. Wired into Weird (2027)

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