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Also known as Goosebumps Series

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror novels written by American author R. L. Stine. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in frightening scenarios, often involving the supernatural, the paranormal or the occult. Between 1992 and 1997, sixty-two books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title. R. L. Stine also wrote various spin-off series, including, Goosebumps Series 2000, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps Triple Header, Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Most Wanted and Goosebumps SlappyWorld. Additiona

Key facts

Book series.name
Goosebumps
Book series.image
Goosebumps (book series) logo.svg
Book series.image_caption
Logo
Book series.author
R. L. Stine
Book series.cover_artist
Tim JacobusMark NagataCraig WhiteBrandon Dorman
Book series.country
United States
Book series.language
English
Book series.genre
Horror fiction, children's literature
Book series.publisher
Scholastic Corporation
Book series.pub_date
Original series: July 1992 – December 1997Spin-off series: October 1994 – February 2000; April 2008 – present
Book series.media_type
Print (hardback & paperback)AudiobookE-book
Book series.number_of_books
240
Book series.list_books
List of Goosebumps books
Book series.website
https://kids.scholastic.com/kid/books/goosebumps/

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Commons category
Goosebumps (books)
publication date
1992-00-00
title
Goosebumps
units sold
400000000
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22 sections
Contents
  • Structure and genre
  • Inspiration and themes
  • Characters
  • Original ''Goosebumps'' series
  • Spin-off series
  • Achievements, reception and controversy
  • Achievements
  • Reception
  • Book challenges
  • Adaptations and merchandise
  • Audiobooks
  • Television adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Video games
  • Comics
  • Other media
  • Legal dispute
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Goosebumps is a series of children's horror novels written by American author R. L. Stine. The protagonists in these stories are tweens or young teens who find themselves in frightening scenarios, often involving the supernatural, the paranormal or the occult. Between 1992 and 1997, sixty-two books were published under the Goosebumps umbrella title. R. L. Stine also wrote various spin-off series, including, Goosebumps Series 2000, Give Yourself Goosebumps, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, Goosebumps Triple Header, Goosebumps HorrorLand, Goosebumps Most Wanted and Goosebumps SlappyWorld. Additionally, there was a series called Goosebumps Gold that was never released.

Goosebumps has spawned a pair of television series (one in 1995 and another in 2023), a video games series, a comic series and merchandise, as well as a pair of feature films, which star Jack Black as a fictionalized and exaggerated version of Stine.

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