Ripley's Believe It or Not Annual

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)
  • Dare to Discover (UK title: Spark Your Curiosity) (2025)

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

Upcoming annuals

References