Following the success of 2017's The Book of the Year, The Book of the Year 2018 bravely delves behind the headlines to sniff out the best and most bizarre facts of the past 12 months.

Compiled and written by the creators of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski, all of whom are researchers for QI, it will establish - among other things - that:

· Britain’s first robot shop assistant was sacked after a week
· Donald Trump claimed the US sells F52 planes to Norway, even though F52 planes only exist in the game Call of Duty
· During the Winter Olympics, it was so windy during the Women's Slopestyle Final that every single competitor was blown off her snowboard. 
· A snail racing competition in Plymouth was postponed because the snails were too 'sluggish' to take part.

Ranging from the offbeat to the ludicrous - from the South Africans who were rationed to just one toilet flush per day, to the Nutella riots spreading across France, via the Miami bitcoin conference that stopped accepting bitcoin - The Book of the Year promises a fact for every occasion and will prove the perfect Christmas gift for all trivia buffs.

The team is also doing live podcasts on October 21, 28 & 29. Details here.

The Book of the Year 2018 is published by Random House on October 18. Order here.