Guinness World Records 2019

by Guinness World Records

The world’s most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels. Inside you’ll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World Records 2019 is the ultimate snapshot of our world today. Plus, this year we celebrate the incredible “Maker” movement with a special feature devoted to the inventors, dreamers, crafters and creators who devote their lives to amazing record-breaking projects such as the largest water pistol, a jet-powered go-kart and an elephant-sized hamburger (think you could eat a whole one!?). We take a sneak peek into their workshops to explore these epically big builds, and ask them what inspires them to go really, really large! And if you like creating, and you like LEGO®, then you’ll love our “Making History” pages that use the world’s most famous interlocking plastic bricks to illustrate and explain an important record-breaking object – such as the Statue of Liberty or the Apollo mission’s Saturn V rocket. We examine their designs, structure and technical specifications in fully illustrated and colorful, poster-style pages. Finally, you can jump into both the making and record-breaking action with a “Do Try This At Home” section. Challenge yourself and your family with five fun record-breaking maker-inspired records you can attempt involving origami, balloon sculptures, ring pulls and rubber bands. Who knows, your creation might just make it into the record books!

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Reference, Science, History

256 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2018

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

[Yeri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it! It's very USEFUL.

[Zara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really amazing records and feats of this year. However its not accurate on some of its records but it still doesn't take away how much interesting feats are in this book. Overall very nice book that almost feels like a tradition reading.

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always enjoy the annual edition- such a great collection of odd and interesting things going on in our world beautifully captured and well articulated. Highly recommended.

[Jamie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I forgot everything in this book.

[Alston Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Guinness World Records 2019 has many cool records, such as fastest circumnavigation by bicycle by a female, or The Largest Rubber-Band Ball. This book has over 250 pages of records and facts. In fact it took me two months to get through all of them. I recommend reading this book for anyone who wants to see some of the coolest records of 2019.

[Stephen Paul Chase, Jr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Audiobooks on CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Tootie Blank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of historical moments. For me, if I didn't catch it on the news, didn't matter. Read about it. Loved the (SMALL 2 PARAGRAPHS) on North Korea. The picture and article is true history and the TRUE picture of the Father of current Leader Kim Jong Un. I'm very impressed with his leadership. Specifically regarding his meeting with President of the United States, Donald Trump. Listening to Kim Jong Un speak in live video, clarified how intelligent of a leader he has become since/from his youth. Definitely an honored leader. Extremely educated and fully respected. Unlike Donald Trump, who spoke like he was at a bar, on a prison block. However, he is the only President in the history of the United States other than Eisenhower to meet with North Korea without conflict. So no judgment on Trump, who in the past few days of this February 2020 month and year was acquitted from impeachment.

[Almerri · Rating 3 out of 5]

not the best one but im very intresed about the humans mostly theyre should be more pages about humans with obessions like the ones before

[Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as I expected but still cool food records guys

[Ethan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good 👍

[محمد افتب]

Very good

[Julia :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Go cart record is super cool!

[Travin Brissett · Rating 1 out of 5]

ass and titties

[De Klas van Juf Lindsay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just world records

[Kellsey Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book for my child who is obessed with the world record books.

[Enor · Rating 4 out of 5]

lots of interesting facts and content

[Skyler Assmar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of the records in this book are really fun and interesting, some of them actually confused me on how the people did these stunts, such as eating a whole 1 inch pizza in 21 seconds. These types of books always interest me because I'm into stuff like biggest or smallest object in the world, or fastest time, etc. Overall, I really liked this book and I'm bummed I have to give it back to the library.

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Guinness World Records 2019 (Hardcover)
Fascinating, sometimes inspirational, often weird, and occasionally ghastly!

Longest fingernails and ear hair, really!?! (p80-81, etc)
Most children delivered in a single birth to survive: 8, Eight!! (p91)
TV actors paid more than film actors! (p190)
First woman to play the Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’. (p190)

[Terence Ng · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is pretty good. There are many world records that I didn’t know existed that I knew from here like the biggest yo-yo, or the largest Rube Goldberg. I also liked the standalone sections for a few things like the LEGO section where they talk about some of the big builds that were made like the Millenium Falcon from Star Wars.

[Stine Berg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting and motivated book to get motivation to get a world records. I really liked the tips to records you can beat on the last pages in books, like making a origami or paper bombs. And beating a world record should not be easy, so it is not really unreachable records.

[Tyler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Description"The world's most popular record book is back with thousands of new categories and newly broken records, covering everything from outer space to sporting greats via Instagram, fidget spinners and all manner of human marvels.

[Silver Flack]

was a verry fun book to read

[Walton · Rating 4 out of 5]

As usual, this book was about insane almost impossible records to beat. Did you know that #love was the most widely used hashtag on Instagram?

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Totally Amazing

CRAZY

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like, many amazing things going on

[Ben Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was very interesting

[Tode · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was ok. Though it was nice to see Mark Rober in that book. I freaking LOVE Mark Robers YouTube channel.

[Dimitri Patenaude · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book. Interesting stuff people take time to do.

[Lucas Jara]

Very useful and informative book about the World Records set in 2019.

[Ben · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is very good because you can learn amazing facts about our world and the people from all around the world.