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Guinness World Records 2026

By: Guinness World Records

Hardcover | 16 September 2025

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Discover the incredible achievements and inspiring stories of record breakers from around the world... and how you can become one of them.

With all new content - from high-end hotels to deserted ghost towns and talented pets to global sports superstars - the new edition of Guinness World Records once again shows how record breaking is for everyone, everywhere.
  • Find a hidden talent within the Fantastic Feats chapter, including crazy collections, super strength and even pickleball
  • Get inspired by 8 new ICONS - who embody the very best of record breaking - from music legend Dolly Parton and double-amputee triathlete Billy Monger to powerhouse swimmer Katie Ledecky
  • Marvel at the possibilities of the cutting-edge tech behind modern cities, robots and space exploration in a dedicated Science & Engineering chapter
  • Celebrate the differences of the most incredible Human Beings from height extremes to superlative seniors and awesome anatomy
  • Take on the grown-ups with records just for under 16s and the Young Achievers proving age is no barrier in the Kids Zone
  • Cheer on the world's greatest athletes - including soccer GOAT Lionel Messi, WNBA sensation Caitlin Clark, cricket superstar Ellyse Perry and more - as we run through the latest year in Sports
About the Author

In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, the then managing director of the Guinness Brewery, went on a shooting party and became involved in an argument. Which was the fastest game bird in Europe - the golden plover or the grouse? He realized then that a book supplying the answers to this sort of question might prove popular. He was right!

Sir Hugh's idea became reality when Norris and Ross McWhirter, who had been running a fact-finding agency in London, were commissioned to compile what became The Guinness Book of Records. The first edition was bound on August 27, 1955, and went to the top of the British bestseller lists by Christmas that year.

Since then, Guinness World Records™ has become a household name and the global leader in world records. No other enterprise collects, confirms, accredits and presents world record data with the same investment in comprehensiveness and authenticity.

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