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Goosebumps Books in Order
Below is the complete list of Goosebumps books in order of publication. This is the recommended reading sequence for the series by R.L. Stine.
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Goosebumps Series
- Stay Out of the Basement (1992)
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Buy on Amazon - Say Cheese and Die! (1992)
Buy on Amazon - The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1992)
Buy on Amazon - Let’s Get Invisible! (1992)
Buy on Amazon - Welcome to Dead House (1992)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Living Dummy (1993)
Buy on Amazon - The Girl Who Cried Monster (1993)
Buy on Amazon - Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1993)
Buy on Amazon - The Ghost Next Door (1993)
Buy on Amazon - The Haunted Mask (1993)
Buy on Amazon - Be Careful What You Wish For… (1993)
Buy on Amazon - Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (1993)
Buy on Amazon - The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1993)
Buy on Amazon - You Can’t Scare Me! (1993)
Buy on Amazon - One Day at Horrorland (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Why I’m Afraid of Bees (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Monster Blood II (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Deep Trouble (1994)
Buy on Amazon - The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Go Eat Worms! (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Ghost Beach (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Return of the Mummy (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Phantom of the Auditorium (1994)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Mutant (1994)
Buy on Amazon - My Hairiest Adventure (1994)
Buy on Amazon - A Night in Terror Tower (1994)
Buy on Amazon - The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Monster Blood III (1995)
Buy on Amazon - It Came from Beneath the Sink! (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Living Dummy II (1995)
Buy on Amazon - The Barking Ghost (1995)
Buy on Amazon - The Horror at Camp Jellyjam (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1995)
Buy on Amazon - A Shocker on Shock Street (1995)
Buy on Amazon - The Haunted Mask II (1995)
Buy on Amazon - The Headless Ghost (1995)
Buy on Amazon - The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena (1995)
Buy on Amazon - How I Got My Shrunken Head (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Living Dummy III (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Bad Hare Day (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Egg Monsters from Mars (1996)
Buy on Amazon - The Beast from the East (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Say Cheese and Die–Again! (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Ghost Camp (1996)
Buy on Amazon - How to Kill a Monster (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Legend of the Lost Legend (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Vampire Breath (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Calling All Creeps! (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Beware, the Snowman (1997)
Buy on Amazon - How I Learned to Fly (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Chicken Chicken (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Don’t Go To Sleep! (1997)
Buy on Amazon - The Blob That Ate Everyone (1997)
Buy on Amazon - The Curse of Camp Cold Lake (1997)
Buy on Amazon - My Best Friend is Invisible (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Deep Trouble II (1997)
Buy on Amazon - The Haunted School (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Werewolf Skin (1997)
Buy on Amazon - I Live in Your Basement! (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Monster Blood IV (1997)
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Give Yourself Goosebumps Series
- Escape from the Carnival of Horrors (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Tick Tock, You’re Dead! (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Trapped in Bat Wing Hall (1991)
Buy on Amazon - The Deadly Experiments of Dr. Eeek (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Night in Werewolf Woods (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Under the Magician’s Spell (1991)
Buy on Amazon - The Curse of the Creeping Coffin (1991)
Buy on Amazon - The Knight in Screaming Armor (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Diary of a Mad Mummy (1991)
Buy on Amazon - Deep in the Jungle of Doom (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Scream of the Evil Genie (1997)
Buy on Amazon - The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Please Don’t Feed the Vampire! (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Secret Agent Grandma (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Little Comic Shop of Horrors (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Beastly Baby-Sitter (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Escape from Camp Run-For-Your-Life (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Toy Terror: Batteries Included (1997)
Buy on Amazon - The Twisted Tale of Tiki Island (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Return to the Carnival of Horrors (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Zapped in Space (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Lost in Stinkeye Swamp (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Shop Till You Drop … Dead! (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Alone in Snakebite Canyon (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Checkout Time at the Dead-End Hotel (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Night of a Thousand Claws (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Invaders from the Big Screen (1998)
Buy on Amazon - You’re Plant Food! (1998)
Buy on Amazon - The Werewolf of Twisted Tree Lodge (1998)
Buy on Amazon - It’s Only a Nightmare! (1998)
Buy on Amazon - It Came from the Internet (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Elevator to Nowhere (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Hocus-Pocus Horror (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Ship of Ghouls (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Escape from Horror House (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Into the Twister of Terror (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Scary Birthday to You! (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Zombie School (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Danger Time (2000)
Buy on Amazon - All-Day Nightmare (2000)
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Give Yourself Goosebumps: Special Edition Series
- Into the Jaws of Doom (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Return to Terror Tower (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Trapped in the Circus of Fear (1998)
Buy on Amazon - One Night in Payne House (1998)
Buy on Amazon - The Curse of the Cave Creatures (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Revenge of the Body Squeezers (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Trick Or…Trapped! (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Weekend at Poison Lake (1999)
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Goosebumps 2000 Series
- Cry of the Cat (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Bride of the Living Dummy (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Creature Teacher (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part 1 (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Invasion of the Body Squeezers, Part 2 (1998)
Buy on Amazon - I Am Your Evil Twin (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Revenge R Us (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Fright Camp (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Are You Terrified Yet? (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Headless Halloween (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Brain Juice (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Return to Horrorland (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Jekyll and Heidi (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Scream School (1999)
Buy on Amazon - The Mummy Walks (1999)
Buy on Amazon - The Werewolf in the Living Room (1999)
Buy on Amazon - The Horror of the Black Ring (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Return to Ghost Camp (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Be Afraid — Be Very Afraid! (1999)
Buy on Amazon - The Haunted Car (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Full Moon Fever (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Slappy’s Nightmare (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Earth Geeks Must Go! (1999)
Buy on Amazon - Ghost in the Mirror (2000)
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Goosebumps Graphix Series
- Creepy Creatures (2006)
Buy on Amazon - Terror Trips (2007)
Buy on Amazon - Scary Summer (2007)
Buy on Amazon - Slappy’s Tales of Horror (2015)
Buy on Amazon - The Haunted Mask (2024)
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Goosebumps HorrorLand (First Arc) Series
- Revenge of the Living Dummy (2008)
Buy on Amazon - Creep from the Deep (2008)
Buy on Amazon - Monster Blood For Breakfast! (2008)
Buy on Amazon - The Scream of the Haunted Mask (2008)
Buy on Amazon - Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz (2008)
Buy on Amazon - Who’s Your Mummy? (2009)
Buy on Amazon - My Friends Call Me Monster (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Say Cheese — And Die Screaming! (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Welcome To Camp Slither (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Help! We Have Strange Powers! (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Escape From Horrorland (2009)
Buy on Amazon - The Streets of Panic Park (2009)
Buy on Amazon - Welcome to HorrorLand: A Survivor Guide (2009)
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Goosebumps HorrorLand (Second Arc) Series
- When The Ghost Dog Howls (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Little Shop of Hamsters (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Heads, You Lose! (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Weirdo Halloween (2010)
Buy on Amazon - The Wizard Of Ooze (2010)
Buy on Amazon - Slappy New Year! (2010)
Buy on Amazon - The Horror at Chiller House (2011)
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Goosebumps Most Wanted Series
- Planet of the Lawn Gnomes (2012)
Buy on Amazon - Son of Slappy (2013)
Buy on Amazon - How I Met My Monster (2013)
Buy on Amazon - Frankenstein’s Dog (2013)
Buy on Amazon - Dr. Maniac Will See You Now (2013)
Buy on Amazon - Creature Teacher: Final Exam (2014)
Buy on Amazon - A Nightmare on Clown Street (2015)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Puppet People (2015)
Buy on Amazon - Here Comes the Shaggedy (2016)
Buy on Amazon - Lizard of Oz (2016)
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Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition Series
- Zombie Halloween (2014)
Buy on Amazon - The 12 Screams of Christmas (2014)
Buy on Amazon - Trick or Trap (2015)
Buy on Amazon - The Haunter (2016)
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Goosebumps Special Edition Series
- Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1994)
Buy on Amazon - More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1995)
Buy on Amazon - Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1996)
Buy on Amazon - More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Triple Header Book 1: Three Shocking Tales of Terror (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Triple Header Book 2: Three Shocking Tales of Terror (1998)
Buy on Amazon - Slappy, Beware! (2022)
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Goosebumps SlappyWorld Series
- Slappy Birthday to You (2017)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Jack (2017)
Buy on Amazon - I Am Slappy’s Evil Twin (2017)
Buy on Amazon - Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo (2018)
Buy on Amazon - Escape From Shudder Mansion (2018)
Buy on Amazon - The Ghost of Slappy (2018)
Buy on Amazon - It’s Alive! It’s Alive! (2019)
Buy on Amazon - The Dummy Meets the Mummy! (2019)
Buy on Amazon - Revenge of the Invisible Boy (2019)
Buy on Amazon - Diary of a Dummy (2020)
Buy on Amazon - They Call Me the Night Howler! (2020)
Buy on Amazon - My Friend Slappy (2020)
Buy on Amazon - Monster Blood Is Back (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Fifth-Grade Zombies (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Judy and the Beast (2021)
Buy on Amazon - Slappy in Dreamland (2022)
Buy on Amazon - Haunting with the Stars (2022)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Squawker (2023)
Buy on Amazon - Friiight Night (2023)
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Goosebumps Special Series
- Scaredy Caps Special (1995)
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Goosebumps The Movie Series
- Goosebumps Movie Novel (2015)
Buy on Amazon - Haunted Halloween (2018)
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Goosebumps: Hall Of Horrors Series
- Claws! (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Giant Everything (2011)
Buy on Amazon - The Five Masks of Dr. Screem (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Why I Quit Zombie School (2011)
Buy on Amazon - Don’t Scream! (2012)
Buy on Amazon - The Birthday Party of No Return! (2012)
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Goosebumps Presents Series
- The Girl Who Cried Monster (1996)
Buy on Amazon - The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Return of the Mummy (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Night of the Living Dummy II (1996)
Buy on Amazon - The Headless Ghost (1996)
Buy on Amazon - My Hairiest Adventure (1996)
Buy on Amazon - Be Careful What You Wish For (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Go Eat Worms! (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Bad Hare Day (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Let’s Get Invisible! (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Mutant (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Ghost Beach (1997)
Buy on Amazon - You Can’t Scare Me (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Monster Blood (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Calling All Creeps! (1997)
Buy on Amazon - Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1998)
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About Goosebumps Series
R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books are one of the clearest examples of a children’s series becoming much larger than its original run. What began in 1992 with Welcome to Dead House grew into a whole horror brand, with spin-offs, relaunches, themed sub-series, and later revivals. That is the first useful thing to understand after looking at the list above. When people say “the Goosebumps series,” they often mean the original line of sixty-two books, and that original run remains the true backbone of the franchise. It is the version that established the tone, the cover style, the twist endings, and the whole “Reader beware—you’re in for a scare!” identity.
The original Goosebumps books work because they understand exactly what kind of fear children enjoy. They are creepy, fast, and mischievous rather than overwhelming. Stine rarely wants to crush the reader with despair. He wants to unsettle, gross out, surprise, and keep the pages turning. Haunted masks, living dummies, monster blood, evil lawn gnomes, camera curses, ghost next doors, and sinister summer camps all belong to a world where horror is playful but still sharp enough to feel dangerous. That balance is much harder to achieve than it looks. Too mild, and the books would feel forgettable. Too brutal, and they would stop being fun. Stine found the exact middle.
Publication order matters most clearly if the goal is to experience the original phenomenon as readers first encountered it. The early books set the rhythm of the whole franchise. They are mostly standalones, which means you do not need one book’s plot to understand the next, but reading in order still lets you see how quickly Stine sharpened the formula. The first run established the recurring pleasures that made Goosebumps so addictive: ordinary kids in ordinary settings, one wrong turn into the bizarre, a rising sense that adults will not help, and a final twist that often leaves the world a little more unstable than it looked at the start.
Another reason order can matter is that Goosebumps is not one perfectly continuous series in the way a fantasy saga might be. After the original books came later branches such as Goosebumps 2000, HorrorLand, Most Wanted, SlappyWorld, and more recent lines. These are all part of the larger Goosebumps world, but they are best understood as phases or sub-series rather than as one seamless title list. That is why a clean “books in order” page usually works best when it treats the original sixty-two as the core sequence first, then places the later branches afterward as their own runs. Otherwise the franchise can look more confusing than it really is.
What makes the books last, though, is not only nostalgia or branding. Stine had a remarkable sense of pace. The chapters are short, the hooks arrive quickly, and the danger almost always appears before the reader has time to settle in. He writes for momentum. But he also understands the logic of childhood fear: masks that might not come off, dolls that might be alive, siblings who are not acting right, basements that should stay closed, camps and schools that stop feeling safe. These are horror stories built out of things children can imagine happening just near enough to their own lives to be thrilling.
The stand-alone structure is also part of the appeal. A child could enter the series almost anywhere and still get the full Goosebumps effect. That flexibility helped make the books huge. At the same time, reading them in publication order gives a different kind of pleasure. You begin to see the franchise take shape, certain monsters and ideas recur, and the whole comic-horror mood becomes more visible as a deliberate style rather than a random collection of scares.
For readers who already have the list above, the best way to think about Goosebumps is as two things at once: first, the original sixty-two-book horror run that defined a generation of children’s paperbacks, and second, a much larger franchise that kept reinventing that formula in later waves. Read in order, starting with the original books, the series becomes more than a pile of spooky titles. It becomes the full record of how R.L. Stine taught millions of young readers that being scared could also be one of the most entertaining parts of reading.
Series: Goosebumps