''Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Annual'' is a hardback

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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. The Ripley’s annual has featured on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list on multiple occasions.

Published annuals

*''Ripley’s Believe It or Not!'' (2005) *''Planet Eccentric (2006)'' *''Expect the Unexpected'' (2007) *''The Remarkable Revealed'' (2008) *''Prepare to be Shocked'' (2009) *''Seeing is Believing'' (2010) *''Enter If You Dare!'' (2011) *''Strikingly True'' (2012) *''Download the Weird'' (2013) *''Dare to Look!'' (2014) *''Reality Shock!'' (2015) *''Eye-popping Oddities'' (2016) *''Unlock the Weird'' (2017) *''Shatter Your Senses!'' (2018) *''A Century of Strange'' (UK title: ''A Whirlwind of Weird'') (2019) *''Beyond the Bizarre'' (UK title: ''All Weird! All True'') (2020) *''Mind Blown'' (2021) *''Out of the Box'' (UK title: ''All True! All Weird! All Wild!'') (2022) *''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

* ''Seek the Strange'' (2026)

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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