Guinness World Records 2023

by Guinness World Records

3... 2... 1... We have lift off on another fully revised and updated Guinness World Records annual. The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world, revealing the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space.


As lockdown restrictions ease, humanity's horizons are expanding once again, and our world is experiencing unprecedented change - in the environment, culture, technology and society. Keeping up with this dizzying revolution are the Guinness World Records adjudicators, who've been busier than ever documenting the Officially Amazing. The result is Guinness World Records 2023 ! With ever more focus on diversity and inclusion, we showcase the most inspirational, eye-catching, mind-blowing achievements from the past year, across a multitude of topics such as gaming and the human body, engineering and wildlife.

· We start with a tour of space, exploring astronomical superlatives in a chapter dedicated to the latest developments in the New Space Race... from tech innovators and pioneering space tourists to the latest planetary landers and the new James Webb Space Telescope - the largest of its kind
· Back down to Earth, we continue our expedition, delving deep into the natural world to encounter the animal kingdom's mightiest - and most bizarre - beasts. We whip out the binoculars for some breath-taking birdwatching and honour history's bravest two- and four-legged heroes
· Get up close and personal with the most iconic human beings - the tallest, shortest, strongest and hairiest on the planet. And be amazed at the extraordinary skills on display from the jugglers, rock-climbers, freestylers and mermaids (yes, mermaids!) who populate the Extraordinary Exploits chapter
· To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days , we dedicate a chapter to a whistlestop tour of our planet, pointing out the recordworthy geographical landmarks, tourist hot-spots and cultural phenomena
· The Modern World chapter charts our ever-changing society, taking in everything from cryptocurrency and positive action to fast food and TikTok stardom!
· Our team of gaming consultants and editors have picked out the Top 25 Greatest Gaming Records of all time - does your favourite game get a mention?
· We end the book with every significant new sporting achievement logged in the 30-page Sports section



Hall of Fame – Which record-breaking icons haves gone above and beyond to find themselves inducted into the Guinness World Records Hall of Fame in the 2023 edition?
Young Achievers – We introduce you to six more incredible teenagers – including sports stars and chess grandmasters – whose success is proof that age is no barrier to being the best in the world at something
Snapshot – In these unique photo-features, our 3D artists take a visual approach to storytelling, using comparisons from famous locations around the world to reveal just how epic some record breakers truly are
Top 25 Gaming Records – From the most critically acclaimed and best-selling games to the longest marathons and richest esports stars, we run through the 25 most significant videogame records in our archive, encompassing classics such as Pac-Man and Donkey Kong right up to Minecraft and Fortnite

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens, Reference

256 pages, Hardcover

Published September 13, 2022

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

[Jaeger · Rating 1 out of 5]

read the whole thing

[AnarchyReads · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like the GWR’s aren’t as wild and crazy as they used to be.

[Bernardo]

Quiero hacer unos premios a libros del año 2023 pero si no lo hago en una review el máximo son 420 caracteres así que aquí va.

Berni's Books awards 2023(no quiero leer más hasta el año que viene y me aburro):


Mejor relectura: Tokyo Blues

Libro más coñazo: Exilio: Diario invasión zombie

Libro page-turner(adictivo): Amarilla

Libro más esperado 2024: Red God(Red rising 7#)

Mejor Edición física: Trenza en el mar Esmeralda

Mejor ficción: Amarilla

Mejor fantasía: Juramentada

Mejor Ciencia Ficción: Estirpe de Lilith 1#

Mejor Saga: El Archivo de las Tormentas

Sorpresa del año: Café de las leyendas


Libro del Año: Un mago de Terramar

[Molly Oswald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the girl with all of the lip balms

[Lucas Derango · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an amusing book. A great mixture of human feats and various records. Great layout and design throughout. My only grouse is there’s too many records that have no merit. Any records that includes “did ___ times in ____ minutes” sucks eggs. I’ll set the record for most anvils dropped on my foot in 30 minutes if it gets me in the book.

[Tony DragonYT · Rating 5 out of 5]

So interesting and has so many records that have been broken past a few years also has celebrities and also the most gigantic food also has the most interesting things by people exercising the most teams ever scored talks about celebrities and it also talked about sports the first things invented most expensive and valuable things and the biggest tower and talks about 300 records around the world super interesting you should read this it talks about the double the world's bowl and it also talks about James Webb space telescope the solar system blue whale keep it in the family fitness fantastic no limits beyoncé epic injury entertainment jigsaw puzzles pop music best selling console best selling video games highest earning most played game best selling game modern world taking action going going gone tick tock round up Winter games soccer super bowl us sports cricket tennis track and field para sports golf ball sports cycling need for speed combat sports extreme sports water sports Roundup timetables

[Ka8leen · Rating 5 out of 5]

256 pagina´s vol wereldweetjes. Je kunt het zo gek niet bedenken of iemand bedacht er een wereldrecord voor : grootste piramid van wasmachines, meeste keren omrollen door een hond in 1 minuut, grootste woord van LEGO-stenen, het vaakst gestolen schilderij (en het is er eentje uit België..), .. .Echt boordevol toffe weetjes! Het boek is samengesteld uit verschillende records per topic : ruimte, leven op aarde, menselijk lichaam, sterke staaltjes, de wereld rond in 300 records, .. . Een leuk weetjesboek dat hier overal rondslingert, tot in het kleinste kamertje van ons huis toe

[Bedant · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book fascinating, especially the section about pop culture and human history. Honestly, the only reason it got a four instead of five was that the content was overly repetitive and there was not much new content in the book. Still, it is made up of fascinating visuals and eye-catching facts.

[Manpreet Bhandal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read one of these after so many years. Started the year with some random knowledge of what us crazy humans think are ‘records’ worth documenting lol. Didn’t feel as fascinated by the records as I used to earlier but still, it’s mostly interesting.

[Owen Lovell · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's alright but it does get quite repetitive and boring after a while. It's definitely a must if you're interested in world records although, in my opinion, the Ripley's annuals are much better. 3 Stars

[Stephen Chase · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 150th anniversary of Around the World in 80 Days is so cool!!!!!!!!! Featuring almost 300 pages of world records!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Whitey Holt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe next year…

[Dimity Powell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always amazing. Absorbing and extraodinary.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always, well put together, visually appealing and full of facts

[Cristina Bermúdez · Rating 3 out of 5]

¡Muy interesante! Hay unos récord súper padres y otros bastante asquerosos

[Ethan Burton]

Good

[Dominique Reeves · Rating 3 out of 5]

Divertissant, mais difficle de s’y retrouver, comme c’est une compilation

[Lucy Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of all great record breakers out there. I love this book series and read it every year without fail.

[Bridget Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it very interesting records

[Alexa Day]

I learned so many facts I my favorite was the animals part

[~Emmy~ REYN · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Love the World Records!
So Good.
Love my Kids finding quirky cool achievements to get into.

[Westen Gunning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pg. 62-63 look so wrong, but I still liked it.
I hope I can break some of these...

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's really fun and interesting but some of the records are little strange. But I love the addition of the barcode to watch YouTube videos. It's really fun looking things up.

[Rokhaya]

Molto bello ci sono molti record interessanti

[Nicki · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't complete it.

[Fleur Dusauchoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinant!

[gbz ff · Rating 4 out of 5]

o eu menos li d tds