Goosebumps (original series) facts for kids
Goosebumps is a super popular series of scary books for kids, written by R. L. Stine. Imagine stories that give you a shiver down your spine, but are still fun to read! Between 1992 and 1997, 62 main Goosebumps books were published. The very first one was Welcome to Dead House, and the last was Monster Blood IV.
Many of these books were so loved that they were reprinted as Classic Goosebumps with cool new covers. Some even became comic books! There were also special hardcover collections, like the Goosebumps Collection and Monster Edition, bringing together some of the most famous tales. Lots of the books were even turned into episodes for the Goosebumps TV show, so you could watch the spooky stories come to life!
The Main Books
Here's a look at the original Goosebumps books, full of creepy creatures, haunted houses, and strange adventures!
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| 01 | Welcome to Dead House | July 1992 | |
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Amanda and Josh move to a creepy old house in Dark Falls. Their new friends are a bit... unusual.
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| 02 | Stay Out of the Basement | July 1992 | |
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Dr. Brewer's plant experiments in the basement are getting really weird. His kids notice their dad changing, too!
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| 03 | Monster Blood | September 1992 | |
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Evan buys a can of green, slimy monster blood. It's fun at first, but then it starts to grow... and grow!
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| 04 | Say Cheese and Die! | November 1992 | |
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Greg finds an old camera that takes very strange pictures. Whatever it photographs, something bad happens!
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| 05 | The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb | January 1993 | |
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Gabe explores an ancient tomb in Egypt and gets lost. He soon meets some very old residents.
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| 06 | Let's Get Invisible! | March 1993 | |
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Max and his brother find a mirror that makes them invisible. But it's getting harder to become visible again.
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| 07 | Night of the Living Dummy | May 1993 | |
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Lindy finds a ventriloquist dummy. When her sister gets one too, strange pranks begin. Are the dummies alive?
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| 08 | The Girl Who Cried Monster | May 1993 | |
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Lucy loves to scare her brother with monster stories. But then she finds out her librarian is a real monster!
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| 09 | Welcome to Camp Nightmare | July 1993 | |
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Billy's summer camp turns into a horror show. Campers go missing, and a monster might be in the woods.
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| 10 | The Ghost Next Door | August 1993 | |
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Hannah wakes from a nightmare to find a new family next door. The son, Danny, seems to be a ghost.
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| 11 | The Haunted Mask | September 1993 | |
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Carly Beth buys a creepy mask for Halloween. The more she wears it, the more her personality changes.
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| 12 | Be Careful What You Wish For... | October 1993 | |
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Klutzy Samantha gets three wishes from a witch. But her wishes cause trouble for everyone around her.
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| 13 | Piano Lessons Can Be Murder | November 1993 | |
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Jerry finds an old piano in his new house. His piano teacher seems very interested in his hands.
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| 14 | The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | December 1993 | |
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Grady moves near a swamp known for werewolves. When he gets a strange dog, the town suspects it's the monster.
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| 15 | You Can't Scare Me! | January 1994 | |
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Two pranksters try to scare a fearless girl named Courtney. Their pranks lead them to a cursed swamp.
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| 16 | One Day at HorrorLand | February 1994 | |
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The Morris family gets lost and ends up at a theme park run by real monsters!
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| 17 | Why I'm Afraid of Bees | March 1994 | |
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Gary finds a clinic for body-swapping. But his experiment goes wrong, and he ends up as a bee!
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| 18 | Monster Blood II | April 1994 | |
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Evan and Andy are back with the monster blood. This time, it's fed to their class hamster, Cuddles.
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| 19 | Deep Trouble | May 1994 | |
| 20 | The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight | June 1994 | |
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Jodie and Mark visit their grandparents' farm and discover the scarecrows are alive and spooky.
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| 21 | Go Eat Worms! | July 1994 | |
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Todd loves collecting worms. But then the worms start appearing everywhere, and a giant worm wants revenge.
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| 22 | Ghost Beach | August 1994 | |
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Terri and Jerry try to solve the mystery of a ghost living in a cave near the beach.
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| 23 | Return of the Mummy | September 1994 | |
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Gabe is back in Egypt for a pyramid opening. He gets trapped and finds out a reporter isn't who she seems.
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| 24 | Phantom of the Auditorium | October 1994 | |
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Brooke and Zeke are in a school play, but strange accidents keep happening. Is there a phantom haunting the theater?
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| 25 | Attack of the Mutant | November 1994 | |
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Skipper loves comic books. He finds out his favorite villain, The Masked Mutant, is real!
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| 26 | My Hairiest Adventure | December 1994 | |
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Larry's hands become hairy after using old tanning lotion. Then his friends start disappearing.
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| 27 | A Night in Terror Tower | January 1995 | |
| 28 | The Cuckoo Clock of Doom | February 1995 | |
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Michael messes with his dad's cuckoo clock. Now he's reliving his birthday, going backward in time!
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| 29 | Monster Blood III | March 1995 | |
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Evan accidentally eats some monster blood and grows into a giant!
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| 30 | It Came from Beneath the Sink! | April 1995 | |
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Katrina and Daniel find a living "sponge" under their sink. It causes bad luck for anyone who finds it.
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| 31 | Night of the Living Dummy II | May 1995 | |
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Amy gets a new ventriloquist dummy named Slappy. She accidentally brings him to life with a spell.
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| 32 | The Barking Ghost | June 1995 | |
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Cooper and Fergie are haunted by two barking dogs. The dogs trick them into swapping bodies!
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| 33 | The Horror at Camp Jellyjam | July 1995 | |
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Elliot and Wendy crash into a sports camp. The camp is super competitive, and winners go missing.
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| 34 | Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes | August 1995 | |
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Joe's dad buys two garden gnomes. Joe and Mindy discover the gnomes are alive and cause trouble at night.
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| 35 | A Shocker on Shock Street | September 1995 | |
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Erin and Marty visit a new horror theme park ride. The "robot" creatures start to get out of control.
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| 36 | The Haunted Mask II | October 1995 | |
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Steve buys an old man's mask to scare kids. Like Carly Beth, he finds the mask changes his personality.
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| 37 | The Headless Ghost | November 1995 | |
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Duane and Stephanie visit Hill House, said to be haunted by a headless boy. They find more than they bargained for.
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| 38 | The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena | December 1995 | |
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Jordan and Nicole's dad brings the Abominable Snowman back to California. Trouble follows!
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| 39 | How I Got My Shrunken Head | January 1996 | |
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Mark gets a shrunken head from his aunt's assistant. He learns it has jungle magic, and others want it.
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| 40 | Night of the Living Dummy III | February 1996 | |
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Trina's dad finds Slappy and adds him to his dummy collection. Slappy brings the whole collection to life!
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| 41 | Bad Hare Day | March 1996 | |
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Amateur magician Tim steals his idol's magic bag. He finds out the magic is more than he can handle.
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| 42 | Egg Monsters from Mars | April 1996 | |
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Dana finds a strange egg during an egg hunt. It hatches into an "Egg Monster" that causes trouble.
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| 43 | The Beast from the East | May 1996 | |
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Ginger and her brothers get lost in the woods. Beaver/bear-like monsters challenge them to a dangerous game of tag.
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| 44 | Say Cheese and Die—Again! | June 1996 | |
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Greg gets the cursed camera back. His friends get skinnier, and he gets fatter with each photo.
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| 45 | Ghost Camp | July 1996 | |
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Harry and Alex go to Camp Spirit Moon. They discover the other campers are actually ghosts!
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| 46 | How to Kill a Monster | August 1996 | |
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Gretchen and Clark are trapped in their grandparents' swamp house with a monster. They must work together.
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| 47 | Legend of the Lost Legend | September 1996 | |
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Marissa and Justin help their dad find an ancient parchment. They end up in a strange forest with Viking warriors.
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| 48 | Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns | October 1996 | |
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Drew and Walker try to get revenge on bullies for Halloween. But two pumpkin-headed monsters appear instead.
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| 49 | Vampire Breath | November 1996 | |
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Freddy and Cara find a bottle labeled "Vampire Breath." It brings a vampire to life who needs his dentures.
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| 50 | Calling All Creeps! | December 1996 | |
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Ricky plays a prank, but it backfires. Lizard-like creatures start stalking him, wanting him to help enslave humanity.
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| 51 | Beware, the Snowman | January 1997 | |
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Jaclyn moves to an Arctic town where people fear a snow monster. She finds it knows about her missing father.
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| 52 | How I Learned to Fly | February 1997 | |
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Jack finds a book that teaches him to fly. He and his rival become reluctant celebrities.
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| 53 | Chicken, Chicken | March 1997 | |
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Crystal and Cole accidentally knock down a woman. She shrieks "Chicken, chicken!", and they start growing feathers.
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| 54 | Don't Go to Sleep! | April 1997 | |
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Matt sleeps in the guest room and wakes up in a new world. He's on the run from police who stop reality warpers.
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| 55 | The Blob That Ate Everyone | May 1997 | |
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Zack gets a special typewriter for his story about a blob. But his story starts coming true!
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| 56 | The Curse of Camp Cold Lake | June 1997 | |
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Sarah pretends to drown to make friends. But she meets a ghost girl who wants Sarah to be her friend forever.
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| 57 | My Best Friend Is Invisible | July 1997 | |
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Sammy visits a haunted house and gets a new friend: a boy named Brent that no one can see.
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| 58 | Deep Trouble II | August 1997 | |
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Billy and Sheena are back in the Caribbean. They uncover an evil plan to create mutant sea life.
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| 59 | The Haunted School | September 1997 | |
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Tommy and Ben find themselves in a black-and-white world. The missing class of 1947 lives there, thanks to a magic camera.
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| 60 | Werewolf Skin | October 1997 | |
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Alex searches for werewolves in his aunt and uncle's town. He finds they are closer than he thought.
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| 61 | I Live in Your Basement! | November 1997 | |
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Marco gets strange calls from "Keith" who wants care. Marco's reality starts to warp the more Keith is around.
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| 62 | Monster Blood IV | December 1997 | |
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Evan and his friends battle the monstrous slime again. This time, it's a thirsty, multiplying slug-like creature.
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