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''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's
horror fiction Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which is in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian ...
novellas by
R. L. Stine Robert Lawrence Stine (; born October 8, 1943), sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor. Stine has been referred to as the "St ...
. 62 books were published under the ''
Goosebumps ''Goosebumps'' is a series of children's horror fiction novels by American author R. L. Stine, published by Scholastic Publishing. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in scary circumstances usually ...
'' umbrella title from 1992 to 1997; the first was ''
Welcome to Dead House ''Welcome to Dead House'' is the first book in the original ''Goosebumps'' book series. It was first published in July 1992 along with ''Stay Out of the Basement'' and ''Monster Blood'', the second and third books. Additionally, it was re-releas ...
''; the last was ''Monster Blood IV''. Some of the books were reprinted in 2003-2004 with slightly altered covers. A reprint series unofficially referred to as "Classic Goosebumps" reprinted 22 Goosebumps books from 2008 to 2011 with new artwork and bonus features such as interviews with the author; ten more books were given a similar treatment in 2015 and four more in 2018 for a total of 36 books in the "Classic" reprint series. Of these, 32 are from the original series, three (''Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls'', ''The Haunted Car'', and ''Bride of the Living Dummy'') are from Goosebumps 2000, and one (''Please Don't Feed the Vampire'') is from
Give Yourself Goosebumps ''Give Yourself Goosebumps'' is a children's horror fiction gamebook series by R. L. Stine. After the success of the regular ''Goosebumps'' books, Scholastic Press decided to create this spin-off series in 1995. In fact, Stine had written gamebo ...
. 10 books were also made into comic books under the title ''
Goosebumps Graphix From 2006–2019, several comic book adaptations have been printed, based on the ''Goosebumps'' books by R. L. Stine. The first was '' Creepy Creatures'', a graphic novel compilation book in the ''Goosebumps Graphix'' line. This series began when S ...
''. These were released in 4 groups: '' Creepy Creatures'', ''Terror Trips'' and ''Scary Summer''. The last book was 4 Goosebumps books in one called ''Slappy's Tales of Horror''. There were also two hardcover reprint collections: ''Goosebumps Collection'' and ''Monster Edition''. Nine books were released under the ''Goosebumps Collection'' title and were split into three groups: ''Living Dummy Collection'', ''Campfire Collection'', and ''Monster Blood Collection''. Another 12 books were released under the ''Monster Edition'' title and were split into four groups, the first three of which were simply numbered while the fourth was called ''Fright Light Edition''. 57 of the books were reprinted with original artwork, all except for #24, #47, #60, #61, and #62. All books, except #5, #7, #17, #18, #19, #29, #33, #38, #42, #43, #45, #47, #51, #52, #53, #56, #59, #61, and #62, were also adapted for television. Retro collector's tins containing 5 books each have been released every few years since 2015. These reprints feature the original cover art, but lack the embossed titles of the original printings. They also lack the numbers on the spines indicating each book's position within the series. The "Retro Scream Collection" (October 27, 2015) includes ''Welcome to Dead House'', ''Say Cheese And Die!'', ''Night of the Living Dummy'', ''The Haunted Mask'', and ''One Day at HorrorLand''. The "25th Anniversary Retro Set" (September 26, 2017) includes ''Monster Blood'', ''Why I'm Afraid of Bees'', ''A Night in Terror Tower'', ''The Beast From the East'', and ''Legend of the Lost Legend''. The "Retro Fear Set" (September 1, 2020) includes ''Stay Out of the Basement'', ''Piano Lessons Can Be Murder'', ''Werewolf of Fever Swamp'', ''Cuckoo Clock of Doom'', and ''The Haunted School''.


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