Guinness World Records 2017

by Guinness World Records, Chris Hadfield (Introduction), Buzz Aldrin (Contributor)

The ultimate annual book of records is back and crammed with more than ever before! Guinness World Records 2017 is bursting with all-new records on topics as diverse as black holes, domes, owls, and killer plants. Want to know the highest anyone has travelled on a skateboard, or the largest loop-the-loop completed in a car? Dying to know just how many tricks a cat can do in one minute? The answers to these questions and so much more are right inside. New in this year’s edition are exciting infographic features exploring the fascinating details on topics such as animals, the human body, sports, and explorations. And of course all your favorite record categories are updated for 2017, such as the world’s new tallest dog! And as ever, our team of world-class photographers have traveled the globe to capture amazing images of the year’s most impressive record holders. Let us know your favorite! Do try this at home… Want to be a record-breaker? Inside you’ll find challenges you can try in the back yard, in the kitchen, in your bedroom, or even in the gym. Who knows, you may become a world record holder yourself! Bonus content for the US edition
Find exclusive pages just for the USA featuring amazing records from the X Games and a special look at the 125th anniversary of basketball.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, History

256 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2016

About the author

Guinness World Records™, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records, is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book series of all time. It is also one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries in the United States

Reviews

[Jude Pietrucha]

It’s fun to see records be broken

[warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

now, i read this book 3 times.
it wasn't as good as the past years, but the records were very interesting!
recommended.

[Brian]

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[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

An alright book, but it seems like they are focusing less and less on the records and more on interesting tidbits. I miss the old day of the Guinness World Record paperbacks in the 90s where they would just have the records.

[Corry Lan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall Guinness World Records is a great book. this book has a lot of interesting,dangerous,weird,crazy world records. One of the interesting records is that someone built a full sized model of the bloodhound SSC (Supersonic car). I would recommend this to people that like interesting,dangerous,crazy, or weird world records.

[Abby Epplett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm one of those people who sits down and thoroughly reads the entire book of records, and then beats the Jeopardy contestants on TV while watching reruns with my grandparents. (RIP Alex Trebek) This was a particularly good edition because of the beautiful cover. The year's theme was space, so the book included an exclusive interview with Buzz Aldrin.

[Gabe/ Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good informational book to read when you just want to know about who and what is the best at everything. All the way from the longest tunnel of human legs went through by a dog on a skateboard to the best music artists, a great book all around

[Chung Tsz Chun Rodney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is one of the most informative books I have read in my life. It talks about many interesting facts on different topics. The book contains a myriad of exciting infographic features exploring the fascinating details on topics such as animals, the human body, sports and explorations.

[Antonio Caruso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool book.

[Xenophon Westie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was an OK book, although there are some records in here that were in previous gwr books.

[Mohammed Rayyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has excellent information about world records

[Usman · Rating 3 out of 5]

like it

[Jacques · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is about as middle of the pack as you can get for a Guinness World Records book.

[710jalissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really crazy world records. A lot of them are weird and unexpected but very cool.

[Julianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

love this book.

[Buggz79 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome reference. I miss when this was a marker of a pretty curious household

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book talks about famous people and what the achieved.

[Braden Brooksher · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

[Eddie M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a great book! Absolutely CRAMMED with AWESOME facts. Perfect if you want to break a few records yourself! I couldn't pull myself away from it!

[Amy Reesor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Guinness World Records. (2016). Guinness world records 2017. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press

Citation by: Amy Reesor

Type of Reference: Almanac

Call Number: Ref 794.8 Gui

Content/Scope: The extremely popular almanac targets an audience of readers in grades 3 and up. This annually published book is full of facts and photographs on a wide range set of topics. The almanac’s interesting facts and eye-catching displays will successful engage readers of all ages and can be used in the classroom as a tool to peek student interest or reading for pleasure.

Accuracy/Authority/Bias: The Guinness World Records has been published for over 60 years and their website states they are considered “the ultimate authority in record breaking achievements.” St. Martin’s Press has been publishing since 1952 and is well respected in the publishing arena.

Arrangement/Presentation: The 256 page almanac is presented in a visually pleasing and engaging format. Photographs and illustrations are used for the facts which are presented using various graphic tools including graphs, factographic, and text boxes. An index is provided to assist students in locating the exact information they are seeking.

Relation to other works: The Guinness World Records are known as the leader in documenting and recording records and there is a new almanac published every year.

Accessibility/Diversity: The almanac’s facts, graphics, photographs, and illustrations are engaging for all students, and visual learners as well as struggling readers will benefit from the visual eye-catching presentation. There are facts on every topic which will meet the diverse interest needs of all readers.

Cost $28.95

Professional Review: McGuire, B. (2016). [Review of Guinness world records 2017]. School Library Journal, 62 (10), 51-52.

[Ashley]

In Guinness World Records Limited. (2016). Guinness world records 2017.
Citation by: Ashley Burnette
ISBN: 9781910561331
Type of Reference: Yearbook
Call Number: REF 031.02 Guin
Content/Scope: Guinness World Records 2017 is bursting with all-new records on topics as diverse as black holes, domes, owls, and killer plants. And of course all your favorite record categories are updated, such as the world's new tallest dog! Plus, want to be a record-breaker? There are exciting challenges you can try at home. Bonus content for the US edition Find exclusive pages just for the USA featuring amazing records from the X Games and a special look at the 125th anniversary of basketball. (World Cat Summary)
Accuracy/Authority/Bias: Guinness Books have long been recognized as great authoritative reference sources. They have published books for over 60 years that have graced the shelves of public and school libraries alike.
Arrangement/Presentation: This is a 255 page hardcover book that contains over 4,000 illustrations and photographs that appear mostly in color. It also contains an index.
Relation to other works: This book would be a great addition to the other World Records books contained within the collection. Students love these books and are constantly in use.
Accessibility/Diversity: These books are popular amongst all students. ESL students especially seem to like these books based on their ease of use and the amount of photographs contained.
Cost: $17.21
Professional Review: The 62nd edition of Guinness World Records 2017 is packed with amazing achievements in every category you can think of, plus some you probably couldn’t.- School Library Journal
Reference: Geddes, J. K. (2016, September 8). Three Teens and Their Fantastic Feats. Retrieved November 19, 2016, from http://www.slj.com/2016/09/books-medi...

[Peyton Russell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would recommend this book to anyone curious about crazy records that you probably will not know about. There is a record for everyone in this edition. Insects, sports, space, animals, they have it all... nearly. I gave this book a four start because it was near perfect yet lacked the old interesting records like "most expensive" and more sections that the old record books had. After reading this book, I now want to attempt some of the kitchen records like fastest time to sort m&ms with chopsticks and other simple records. This also does a really good job with organization. The records in each section very closely relate to each other and with what's to come on the next page. Personally, I hate reading but after picking up this book, I was greatly satisfied in the end. The pictures were very detailed and there were enough to occupy me for hours. I will defiantly be picking up the 2018 edition when it comes out next year.

[Leonca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This edition gives special focus to space, travel, and adventure. My personal favorite is the man with the world’s longest eyebrow hair. Just this one rogue hair that hangs down in front of his face. The world is a weird and awesome place.

[Colin Post]

The Guinness World Record book, arguably the most interesting book in the world, has many crazy records in the book. It would take me hours to tell you all about every single record in the book but I do know some pretty cool ones. From the longest tongue to the longest line of balloons popped using a laser it was a tough choice to tell you some of my favorites, as you can tell.

Have you ever heard your mom shouting dinner from downstairs and think of how annoying that can be? Well, how about if your mom was screaming it from 3 miles away! The noisiest land animal-the howler monkey(obviously) has one heck of a scream! Great Danes are pretty big... but have you ever seen a 3 ft tall one!? Lizzy, the Great Dane, lives in Florida where she is seven years old and hasn't grown since she was three. And my personal favorite fact, as of the recent retirement of Kobe Bryant I thought it was just right to put him in here. The records he's accomplished are amazing he is the youngest player to ever start a game(18), youngest player to score 25,00 points(31), most field goals made in an all star game(119), and only player with 30,000 points, 6,000 assists, 6,000 rebounds. Man oh man was that guy great.

Obviously this is only a small example of the 4,000 records and photos in this book. I didn't want to share the real crazy ones i guess you'll just have to find out your self!

The book is written in third person and is in a collection of books dating back to 1955! This book does not have one author because of the crazy amount of records.

[Michael Liu · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Author's purpose would be to put fun and information together, giving the reader fun trivia facts they would have never learned of by searching on the internet. This book has been very intriguing because of all its wonderful funny facts from the world. I would have never known that it is possible to have 121 scoops of ice cream on one cone. I wished the book clearly shows what picture represents which text box CLEARLY, because I seem to have a problem with that.