Goosebumps Books in Order
Goosebumps is R. L. Stine's blockbuster series of standalone children's horror novels, each putting an ordinary kid up against monsters, ghosts, or other creepy menaces with a signature twist ending. The original run spanned 62 books from 1992 to 1997 and launched one of the best-selling book series of all time.
Publication order
In the order the books were originally released.
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Robert Lawrence Stine
When the Benson family inherits a house in the strange town of Dark Falls, Amanda and Josh quickly sense something is wrong. The neighbors only come…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Margaret and Casey grow uneasy when their botanist father spends all his time locked in the basement among his bizarre plant experiments. He has…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Bored at his great-aunt's house, Evan buys a dusty can of green Monster Blood from a creepy toy shop. The gooey substance seems harmless until it…
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Buy on Amazon1992 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Greg and his friends find an old camera in the basement of an abandoned house, and it takes pictures that show terrible things that haven't happened…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Visiting his uncle, an archaeologist excavating a newly discovered pyramid in Egypt, Gabe gets separated from the group and lost in the dark passages…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Max discovers an old mirror in his attic, and when he and his friends switch on the light attached to it, they turn invisible. At first the…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
When sisters Lindy and Kris each get a ventriloquist's dummy, a strange rivalry grows between them. But one of the dummies, Slappy, seems to move and…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Lucy loves monster stories, so when she spies on the strange town librarian, Mr. Mortman, and watches him devour live flies and turtles, she's…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Billy arrives at Camp Nightmoon expecting a normal summer, but the camp is anything but ordinary. Counselors act menacing, campers keep disappearing,…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Tired of being scared by everyone, Carly Beth buys the ugliest, most terrifying Halloween mask she can find to frighten her friends for once. The…
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Buy on AmazonBe Careful What You Wish For...
1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Twelve-year-old Samantha can't catch a break, so when a strange old woman grants her three wishes, she thinks her luck has finally changed. But each…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - Piano Lessons Can Be Murder
1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
After moving into a new house, Jerry starts taking piano lessons at the eerie Shreek School of Music. His teacher and the strange instructors seem…
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Buy on Amazon1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
When Grady's family moves to a swampy stretch of Florida, eerie howls echo through the night and animals turn up dead. A wild boy living near the…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Courtney is good at absolutely everything and never seems frightened, which annoys Eddie and his friends to no end. Determined to scare her at least…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - One Day at Horrorland
1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
On a long, boring family trip, the Morris family stumbles upon a theme park called HorrorLand. At first the monster-themed rides seem like cheesy…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Gary enters a body-swapping contest hoping to escape his unlucky life and the bees that always seem to torment him. But the experiment goes terribly…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Evan thought he was rid of the Monster Blood for good, but a leftover can resurfaces and the green goo begins growing again. This time the expanding…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Billy and his sister Sheena are vacationing with their marine-biologist uncle on a tropical island. While snorkeling in forbidden waters, Billy makes…
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Buy on AmazonThe Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Visiting their grandparents' farm, Jodie and Mark notice the scarecrows in the fields seem to have multiplied and moved. The hired hand insists the…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Todd is obsessed with worms and loves using them to gross out everyone around him, especially his friends and his sister. But after he digs up and…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
While staying near a beach with relatives, Jerry and his cousins meet a group of kids who tell them a ghost haunts a nearby cave. The local children…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - Return of the Mummy
1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Gabe returns to Egypt to visit his uncle, who is now studying the tomb and mummy of an ancient prince. When his cousin recites the words from a…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Brooke and Zeke are cast in their school play, a production based on a phantom said to haunt the old auditorium. Legend claims a real phantom lurks…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Skipper loves a comic book called The Masked Mutant, about a supervillain bent on ruling the universe. While riding the bus one day, he stumbles upon…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - My Hairiest Adventure
1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Larry can't explain the strange things happening to him: dark hair is sprouting all over his body, his appetite is changing, and he feels more like…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
While touring the historic Terror Tower in London, Sue and Eddie become separated from their group and lost in the ancient prison. A sinister man…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Michael's twelfth birthday is shaping up to be the worst ever, thanks to a bratty neighbor and one disaster after another. Then he discovers a…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Evan moves to a new town and is dismayed when the dreaded Monster Blood turns up yet again. This time the green goo falls into the wrong hands, and a…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Kat and her brother Daniel find a strange spongy creature living under the kitchen sink. They soon learn it's a Grool, a monster said to bring bad…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Amy wishes she had a better dummy for her ventriloquist act, and she gets her wish when she finds an old one named Slappy in a dumpster. But Slappy…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - The Barking Ghost
1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
When Cooper's family moves to a creepy old house in the woods, his new neighbors warn him about a barking ghost said to haunt the area. Cooper, who's…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
After their bikes break down, Wendy and her brother Elliot end up at King Jellyjam's Sports Camp, a place that seems too good to be true. The campers…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Joe and his sister Mindy notice their new lawn gnomes never seem to stay in the same spot. The grinning ceramic figures appear to move on their own,…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Erin and Marty are thrilled to live on Shock Street, home of the scariest movies ever made, since Erin's dad helped create them. Invited to ride…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Carly Beth thought she was done with the horrible Halloween mask, but its terror isn't over. This time her friend Steve and others get caught up in…
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Buy on Amazon1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
On a tour of Hill House, a famously haunted mansion, Duane and Stephanie hear the legend of a headless ghost said to roam its halls. Fascinated, the…
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Buy on AmazonThe Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Jordan is sick of the heat in Pasadena, so when his father gets a chance to travel somewhere cold, the family heads off on an adventure. There they…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Mark receives a real shrunken head from his aunt, who is studying on a remote jungle island. Soon after, he's invited to visit her there, where he…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Trina's family has a collection of old dummies, including the sinister Slappy, who once again awakens with evil intentions. Strange, nasty pranks…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Tim loves performing magic tricks, so he's thrilled to buy a set from a famous magician's shop, including a real rabbit. But the magic kit turns out…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Dana finds a strange egg that hatches into a bizarre, jelly-like creature unlike anything he's seen. The blob seems harmless at first, but it keeps…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
While exploring the woods near a resort, Ginger and her brothers stumble onto strange blue creatures called the Beasts. The monsters pull the kids…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Greg digs up the cursed camera once again, hoping it has lost its evil power, but the snapshots still predict disaster. As the photos foretell more…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Harry and his brother arrive at Camp Spirit Moon, where the campers sing eerie songs and behave very strangely. The kids seem unnaturally devoted to…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - How to Kill a Monster
1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Gabe and Clark are dropped off at their grandparents' isolated house deep in the Florida swamp. The grandparents act oddly secretive, especially…
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Buy on AmazonAttack of the Jack-o'-lanterns
1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Drew and Walker are tired of being terrorized every Halloween by two neighborhood bullies. This year they're determined to get revenge while…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
While snooping in the basement, Freddy and his friend Cara find an old bottle labeled Vampire Breath and a hidden cabinet. When Freddy uncorks the…
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Buy on Amazon1996 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Ricky is a pushover who's tired of being bossed around, so when he finds a strange note ordering him to obey the Creeps, he's intrigued. He soon…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
When Jaclyn moves to the chilly village of Sherpia, she's unsettled by a creepy snowman statue and the townspeople's strange warnings about it. An…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - How I Learned to Fly
1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Jack discovers he can actually fly, and at first soaring above his town is the most thrilling thing imaginable. But his amazing ability soon attracts…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Crystal and her brother Cole annoy a strange woman named Vanessa in the town of Goshen Falls and end up cursed. The woman utters the odd word…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Matt is sick of his small bedroom and longs for the spare room down the hall, so one night he secretly moves in. But once he sleeps there, he wakes…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Zackie loves writing scary stories, and his latest is about a blob that devours everything in its path. When a strange man at an old movie theater…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
At Camp Cold Lake, Sarah is miserable and can't seem to make any friends, so she fakes drowning to win sympathy. But her prank goes wrong, and she…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Sammy comes from a family that loves practical jokes, so at first he thinks someone is pranking him when objects move and odd things happen. But he…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Billy and Sheena join their uncle on another marine expedition, this time to the rainforest of the Amazon. While exploring, they stumble upon strange…
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Buy on AmazonGoosebumps - The Haunted School
1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Tommy and Thalia get lost in the halls of their old school and find themselves trapped in a bizarre, ghostly place known as Bell Valley. The strange…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
When Alex's family moves to the town of Wolf Creek, he and his new friend Hannah notice eerie howling at night and find an abandoned cottage in the…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Marco starts receiving strange phone calls from a creature who claims to be his brother and insists he lives in Marco's basement. The thing, named…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
Evan Ross thinks he's finally rid of the oozing green Monster Blood for good, but a fresh can turns up and the gooey trouble starts all over again.…
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Companion & related books
Short-story collections and companion titles in this series.
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Buy on AmazonMore & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps
1993 · Robert Lawrence Stine
This collection gathers a fresh batch of creepy short stories, each delivering a quick jolt of fright. Readers move from one eerie scenario to the…
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Buy on Amazon1994 · Robert Lawrence Stine
A bundle of short, shivery tales designed to unsettle, this anthology packs multiple standalone scares into one volume. Each story drops everyday…
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Buy on AmazonMore Tales to Give You Goosebumps
1995 · Robert Lawrence Stine
This second collection of bite-sized horror stories serves up more quick frights for fans of the series. Each self-contained tale follows young…
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Buy on Amazon1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
This special edition brings together several Goosebumps stories in a single triple-feature package. Readers get multiple separate adventures back to…
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Buy on AmazonIt Came From Ohio! - My Life As a Writer
1997 · Robert Lawrence Stine
In this autobiographical book, R.L. Stine looks back on his own life, from growing up in Ohio to becoming one of the world's most popular authors of…
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Frequently asked questions
What order should I read the Goosebumps books in?
Publication order — Widely recommended by readers and listed in publication order by bookseriesinorder.com Start with “Welcome to Dead House.”
How many books are in the Goosebumps series?
We list 60 books by Robert Lawrence Stine , published between 1992–1997.
Where can I buy the Goosebumps books?
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Reading order compiled from author/publisher guidance and verified bibliographic data. Spotted an error? We continuously correct the catalog.