record books
Where records live
Record books are official registers where achievements, statistics, or notable performances are documented—especially in sports.
To be in the record books or for the record books means worthy of historical note: That comeback was one for the record books.
The phrase often appears hyperbolically to emphasize something remarkable or unprecedented.
- almanacsYearly reference publications
- history booksWritten records of past events
- CooperstownBaseball museum's home village
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- GuinnessIrish dry stout brand
MVP · achievements · archives · hall of fame · fame · all-time · all-time greats · registers · chronicle · legacy · for the ages · making history · leaderboard · statisticians · milestones · personal bests · tallies · score
- historical recordsdiary, annual reviews, letter, census data, census returns
- 4-Hextension office, county fair, state fair, club meetings, showmanship
- sports archivesgame footage, highlight reels, box scores, statistics, rosters
- youth livestock4-H, FFA, showmanship, show ring, showing
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- registry officeregistrar, birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate, marriage license
record booksobscurity
State of being unknown
anonymity · mediocrity · also-rans · erasure · averages
record booksoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
dustbin of history · blank pages · faded memories · fleeting moments · ephemera
book, record, notebook, recording, records, recorded, recorder, logbook, unrecorded