Creepy creatures are howling, growling, and stalking through this collection of bestselling goosebumps books adapted into a cool, new graphic novel format. It was very difficult to check out a goosebumps book if you werent the first to get to the library, b. Hello does anyone know of book series or even singular books similar to goose bumps. Discover the original spooky adventures that made goosebumps one of the bestselling childrens book series of all time. We take a look at my collection of goosebumps books and merch. Stine had his fear street and goosebumps series, while pike turned out a seemingly endless line of young adult novels about teenagers killing. The original series from the master of frightnow with bonus material and allnew covers. It starts with a sudden boom in the popularity of gummy worms. Stine wrote the very famous goosebumps series which consists of horror fiction novels. Though it feels like a softer goosebumps knockoff, this series actually predated goosebumps by two years, with the series. Like the snapshot greg took of his fathers new car that. The 10 best 90s horror tv shows for kids, from goosebumps. Stines goosebumps books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. This series started a few years before stine became a household name w goosebumps and featured a bunch of my favorite yamiddlegrade horror writers, such as.
Suggestions for adult books for goosebumpsfear street. Even though i am in my twenties i have yet to find a series or author who writes books like r. Adam gidwitz writes about the popularity of the goosebumps series for children and asks what makes a childrens book good. A total of 62 novels were published in the series from 1992 to 1997. What are some kids books like the goosebumps series.
All have laughoutloud plots and funfilled illustrations to keep reluctant readers and the adults who love them engaged. Or try the creeper files series, which has a similar goosebumpsesque silly horror vibe. Heres another 30 years worth of horror for kids from the late 60s to the rise of harry potter in the late 90s, horror fiction had a hold on young readers, and there was. From there, multiple spinoffs were created and the series lives on to this day. Stine titles in the set stay out of the basement, the ghost next door, revenge of the lawn gnomes, the haunted car, lets get invisible, the scarecrow walks at night, the curse of the mummys tomb, the blob that ate everyone, night of the living dummy, the werewolf of fever swamp, one day at horrorland, return of. The michigan chillers stories by johnathan rand are very goosebumpslike. Goosebumps was made into a television series with 68 episodes in the 1990s and major feature film starring jack black as r.
At his peak, stine was known to complete these stories extremely quickly, some of which were written in only six days. Complete list of kids book series currently in our database sorted by ar level. The most wildly popular book series that you dont remember at all, saddle club put out more than 100 books between 1988 and 2001, which technically makes it an 80s, 90s, and 00s series, giving the bsc and those maniacs over in sweet valley a run for their money. Lee child, and then in order of the character or series ie. I have some authors below who write similar books to goosebumps.
Goosebumps horrorland series 10 books collection set by r. Stine has hooked generations of readers since the first book was published in 1992. With the boom of scholastic horror books for kids like scary stories to tell in the dark and goosebumps, kids were starting to be treated as a legitimate horror audience, with stories that didnt. Aside from goosebumps and fear street, stine also wrote along with many other writers for the point horror series which i also highly enjoyed. As a child and preteen, i was obsessed with these books. This collection includes eight of the spookiest goosebumps tales plus a. Jack reacher where applicable, we provide you with both the publication order of the books written, as well as the chronological order of the books. Goosebumps bindup is similar to the goosebumps collection series, in that they are collection books that contain three goosebumps books. Are there any books that are at the same reading level that would maybe interest him. A young girl notices that a popular horror series is causing local children to react strangely. This is a list of books from the goosebumps book series written by r. Engage your elementary to middle school students with the help of these goosebumps related teaching resources that are sure to win over even reluctant readers and writers. Tagged book, books, books similar to goosebumps for kids, halloween, halloween books for kids, horror, kids book, like goosebumps, middle school, middlegrade, scary, scary recomendations, scary series for kids, spooky, spooky books for kids, young reader leave a comment. In my elementary school, it seemed that the only complete set of books was the goosebumps series, and my goodness, the kids were all over them.
If you were a goosebumps fan when you were younger, you may be looking for an author who writes for adults in that same gripping style that carries you through page to page, book to book, in an addictive, fearfilled, emotional ride. My goal is to look at recurring tropes, the general quality of each series and individual book, and the similarities and differences between them. Below is a list of similar books to goosebumps and authors to keep you awake at night. The first book in the classic goosebumps series is welcome to the dead house, and the success of the books eventually led to sequel and spinoff series.
This is a kids horror book about kids horror books, obviously very closely based on r. I have so many fond memories of devouring goosebumps like chocolate, one chilling tale after another, curled up in a chair and not able to put it down until it was all over. The books were originally in the young adult fiction section with other similar books, but after the store owner saw me buying a dozen at a time, she moved all goosebumps into their own section. Goosebumps classic series 1 10 books set collection r. D and also the true ufo stories true monster stories true detective stories true shark stories etc by terry deary if i were. If youreyou were addicted to goosebumps, then i have more creepy books like the goosebumps series for you to enjoy too. I also enjoyed the unexplained series by terrance dicks, i think its the best next thing. Use the alphabetical lists below to look up a favorite book or author and then click see readalikes to discover similar books.
Welcome to dead house is the first in the goosebumps series. Please be sure to memorize it or write it in a safe place. As an adult, i am still looking for that one author who writes adultaged supernatural books similar to these that i just cant put down. Have fun introducing the books from your own childhood to your own children with this list of 25 classic chapter books for 58 year olds. The classic goosebumps series 20 books collection set by r. If your child cant wait for the next dog man installment, we have some suggestions for books and series we think theyll love. However, these books are only available in paperback, and the cover design is the same used for the 2003 2007 reprint series. It is a bit darker and more horrifying than most of the other books in the original series and reads more like a waterdowned version of r. The books in the goosebumps series feature similar plot structures with fictional children being involved in scary situations. Each book is a standalone story in the goosebumps series. See the complete goosebumps series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. He also did a series called american chillers he also did a series called american chillers reply flag. Goosebumps movie books goosebumps movie novel, night of the living monsters, slappys revenge, monster survival guide, goosebumps activity book the following is a list of all the goosebumps books, written by r. A ghost story j fic conrad zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of.