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The Goosebumps series falls under many genres but mainly horror and thriller, although Stine characterizes the series as 'scary books that are also funny'.{{sfn|Foerstel|2002|p=222}} Each book features different child characters{{cite news |last=Rosenberg |first=Joyce M. |title=Goosebumps: So successful they're scary |work=Lawrence Journal-World |date=October 27, 1996 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rpcyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6505,6031347 |access-date=December 25, 2010 }} and settings.{{sfn|Westfahl|2000|p=44}} The primary protagonists are middle class and can be either male or female.{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=69}} In Goosebumps stories, the central characters are often placed in remote or isolated locations, diverging from common societal conventions. This can range anywhere from comfortable suburban areas to boarding schools, foreign villages or campsites.{{cite web |title=Get Goosebumps with R.L. Stine |work=ChennaiOnline |url=http://chennaionline.com/Books/Author/GET-GOOSEBUMPS-WITH-RLSTINE.aspx |access-date=December 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114021633/http://chennaionline.com/Books/Author/GET-GOOSEBUMPS-WITH-RLSTINE.aspx |archive-date=January 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }} Books typically feature characters who either recently moved to a new neighborhood or are sent to stay with relatives.{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=69}}

The books in the Goosebumps series feature similar plot structures{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=68}} with children being involved in scary situations.{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=71}} At his peak, Stine was known to complete these stories extremely quickly, some of which were written in only six days.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/rl-stine-goosebumps_n_5870902|title=R.L. Stine Explains How He Could Write An Entire 'Goosebumps' Book In 6 Days|date=2014-09-23|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en-CA}} The books are mostly written in first person narrative, often concluding with twist endings.{{sfn|Coats|2004|p=170}} They contain surreal horror,{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=69}} with characters encountering the strange and supernatural.{{sfn|Cullinan|Person|2005|p=707}}

The author has plot devices he follows throughout his Goosebumps books. Stine says he does not have any death in his stories, and the children in his novels are never put into situations that would be considered too serious.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goosebumps-writer-rl-stine-looks-to-his-childhood-for-book-ideas/2012/09/04/1e5db00c-dcb2-11e1-af1d-753c613ff6d8_story.html |title='Goosebumps' writer R.L. Stine looks to his childhood for book ideas |date=September 4, 2012 |publisher=Reuters |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 16, 2014}} He attributed the success of his books to their absence of drugs, depravity and violence.{{cite news |last=Moore |first=Frazier |title=TV special aims to give kids goosebumps |date=July 20, 1997 |work=The Beaver County Times |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GqRUAAAAIBAJ&pg=2888,4489200 |access-date=December 29, 2010 }}

All Goosebumps books are written at a reading level ranging from 3rd to 7th grade{{Cite web|url=https://oomscholasticblog.com/post/i-read-eight-goosebumps-books-one-week-heres-what-i-learned|title = I read eight Goosebumps books in one week & here's what I learned | on Our Minds}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scholastic.com/parents/books-and-reading/book-lists-and-recommendations/series-characters-authors/goosebumps-classics.html|title = 25+ Goosebumps Classics for Kids}} (8-12 years old, in the US education system).

According to the documentary Tales from the Crypt: From Comic Books to Television, R.L. Stine said that he remembered reading the popular/infamous Tales from the Crypt comic books when he was young and credited as one of his inspirations. Books and characters in the series were inspired by books and films. For example, the character Slappy the Dummy was inspired by the literary classic The Adventures of Pinocchio.{{Cite web |last=Stine |first=R. L. |title=Where Do You Get Your Ideas? |publisher=Scholastic |url=http://www.scholastic.ca/goosebumps/books/stine/ideas.htm |access-date=December 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927215801/http://www.scholastic.ca/goosebumps/books/stine/ideas.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} Some of Stine's ideas for the books also came from real life; Stine got the idea for the book The Haunted Mask after his son, Matt, had a Halloween mask he had trouble getting off.{{cite news|last=Israeli |first=Tali |title=Author enjoys entertaining young readers |work=News Transcript |url=http://nt.gmnews.com/news/2006-05-24/Front_Page/069.html |access-date=December 30, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419005746/http://nt.gmnews.com/news/2006-05-24/Front_Page/069.html |archive-date=April 19, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Stine also uses his childhood fears to help him write his books. The author said, "Luckily, I have a great memory. As I write a story, I can remember what it feels like to be afraid and panicky".{{cite web|url=http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/stine2.htm |title=R.L. Stine – Part II |publisher=Reading Is Fundamental |access-date=August 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806085531/http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/stine2.htm |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |df=mdy-all }} Stine states he often thinks of a title to a novel first, then lets the title lead him to a story.{{cite news |last=Neary |first=Lynn |title=Goosebumps And Guffaws In Stine's 'HorrorLand' |publisher=NPR |date=October 31, 2008 |url=https://www.npr.org/2008/10/31/96332083/goosebumps-and-guffaws-in-stines-horrorland |access-date=November 26, 2010 }}

Two common themes in the series are children triumphing over evil and children facing horrid or frightening situations and using their own wit and imagination to escape them.{{cite news |last=Orndorff |first=Amy |title=He's Baaaack... |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 27, 2008 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042500923.html |access-date=September 2, 2013 }} Stine does not attempt to incorporate moral lessons into his novels, and says his books are "strictly reading motivation".{{cite news |last=Aberbach |first=Katie |title=Invasion of the Books |work=Express |date=September 20, 2012 |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2012/09/20/invasion-of-the-books/ |access-date=March 16, 2014 }}

Recurring characters who appear in multiple books and media.

• Slappy the Dummy is the main villain of the Night of the Living Dummy saga and the mascot of the series.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2015/1023/The-Halloween-season-is-the-perfect-time-for-some-Goosebumps|title=The Halloween season is the perfect time for some Goosebumps!|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=October 23, 2015}}
• The Haunted Mask is the villain of the book saga of the same name.
• The Horrors serve as the main villain(s) of Goosebumps #16: One Day at Horrorland and the HorrorLand book series.
• The Monster Blood is the titular monster of the book series of the same name.
• Amanda Benson is the protagonist of the first Goosebumps book, Welcome to Dead House.
• Carly Beth Caldwell is one of the recurring protagonists of the Haunted Mask series.
• Evan Ross is the main protagonist of the first four books of Monster Blood.
• Lizzy Morris is the protagonist of the first two HorrorLand books and a major protagonist of the HorrorLand series.
• The Menace is the main villain of the first story arc of the HorrorLand series.
• Jonathan Chiller is the main villain of the second arc of the Goosebumps HorrorLand series.
• Ray Gordon is the narrator character of the last part of the second arc of Goosebumps HorrorLand.
• Billy Deep is the protagonist of the Deep Trouble series.

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Following the success of Stine's young adult horror novels, the co-founder of Parachute Press (the company that developed the series),{{cite magazine |last=Milliot |first=Jim |title=Scholastic Reaches 'Goosebumps' Accord With Parachute |magazine=Publishers Weekly |date=January 27, 2003 |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20030127/23027-scholastic-reaches-goosebumps-accord-with-parachute.html |access-date=September 2, 2013 }} Joan Waricha, persuaded him to write scary books for younger children.{{cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |title='Goosebumps' Rises From the Literary Grave |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 25, 2008|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/books/25stin.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=goosebumps&st=cse |access-date=December 25, 2010 }} Stine says the name for the book series came to him after he saw a TV station's ad in TV Guide that stated "It's goosebumps week on Channel 11".{{Cite web |title=R.L. Stine |publisher=Library of Congress |url=https://www.loc.gov/bookfest/kids-teachers/authors/r_l_stine |access-date=September 2, 2013 }}{{sfn|Cohen|1999|p=39}} He originally signed a six-book deal with the publisher Scholastic,{{Cite web |title=Nightmare Room by R. L. Stine |publisher=KidsReads.com |url=http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-nightmare-author.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307182951/http://www.kidsreads.com/series/series-nightmare-author.asp |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=September 2, 2013 }} but went on to write 62 books in the original series, the first book being Welcome to Dead House, released in July 1992. The series was originally aimed at girls, but both boys and girls enjoyed the series equally with half of Stine's fan mail being sent from boys. The cover illustrations for this series was done primarily by Tim Jacobus.{{Cite web |title=Biography |publisher=Timjacobus.com |url=http://www.timjacobus.com/bio.html |access-date=February 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717060427/http://www.timjacobus.com/bio.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} Thirty-two of the books from the original series were later re-released with new artwork under the Classic Goosebumps rename.{{cite web | url=http://goosebumps.scholastic.com/books/classic-goosebumps | title=Classic Goosebumps | publisher=Scholastic | access-date=May 15, 2015}}

The books in the Tales to Give You Goosebumps and Goosebumps Triple Header series were written as short story anthologies, featuring a collection of stories in each book.{{sfn|Marcovitz|2005|p=117}} From 1994 to 1997, six Tales to Give You Goosebumps books were published. Two Goosebumps Triple Header books were released from 1997 to 1998, beginning with Three Shocking Tales of Terror: Book 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.goodreads.com/series/42520-goosebumps-triple-header |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064557/http://www.goodreads.com/series/42520-goosebumps-triple-header |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Goosebumps Triple Header series |publisher=Goodreads |access-date=August 17, 2013 }}

Fifty Give Yourself Goosebumps books were published from 1995 to 2000, starting with Escape from the Carnival of Horrors. The books in this series were written as gamebooks, featuring multiple endings.{{sfn|Westfahl|2000|p=46}} The books in this series were ghostwritten by several authors, including Kathryn Lance and Stine's sister-in-law Megan Stine.{{cite news |last=Gellene |first=Denise |title=Scaring Up Scads of Young Readers |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 7, 1996 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-07-mn-32111-story.html |access-date=December 30, 2014 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.klance.com/publications.html |title=Publications |publisher=klance.com |access-date=December 30, 2014}}{{sfn|Jones|1998|p=169}} Many of the cover illustrations for this series were done by Mark Nagata.{{Cite web |title=Mark Nagata |publisher=Discover Nikkei |url=http://www.discovernikkei.org/en/journal/authors/nagata-mark/ |access-date=February 12, 2011}}

Due to declining Goosebumps sales and increasing competition (primarily from another series from Scholastic, Animorphs), Scholastic and R. L. Stine decided to create Goosebumps Series 2000.{{sfn|Jones|1998|pp=152–153}} From 1998 to 2000, 25 books in the series were published, beginning with Cry of the Cat. The books in this series were written in a similar format and featured similar content to the original series,{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=67}} but Stine classified them as being "much scarier". The covers in this series were illustrated by Tim Jacobus.

The books in the Goosebumps Gold series appeared on illustrator Tim Jacobus's website{{cite web |url=http://www.timjacobus.com/goosebumpsgold.html |title=Goosebumps Gold Series |publisher=Timjacobus.com |access-date=August 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002045043/http://www.timjacobus.com/goosebumpsgold.html |archive-date=October 2, 2017 |url-status=dead }} and marketing sites but were never released. In this series, Stine intended to write a sequel to The Haunted Mask II (The Haunted Mask Lives!), and a sequel to Welcome to Dead House (Happy Holidays from Dead House). It was one of the two-book series by Stine that was planned to be released in 2000 (the other was The Nightmare Room).{{cite news |title= Parachute Publishing and HarperCollins Announce Publishing Deal With R.L. Stine |publisher=The Write News |date=January 19, 2000 |url=http://www.writenews.com/2000/011900_harper_rlstine.htm |access-date=September 2, 2013 }}

The series was renewed in 2008 following the release of the first book in the Goosebumps HorrorLand series, Revenge of the Living Dummy, that was published on April 1, 2008.{{Cite web |last=Shannon |first=Terry Miller |title=Goosebumps Horrorland #1: Revenge of the Living Dummy |publisher=KidsReads.com |date=March 30, 2008 |url=http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/goosebumps-horrorland-1-revenge-of-the-living-dummy |access-date=September 3, 2013 |archive-date=July 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712225545/https://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/goosebumps-horrorland-1-revenge-of-the-living-dummy |url-status=dead }} Before the 2008 release of Revenge of the Living Dummy, there had not been a Goosebumps book published in almost 10 years.{{cite web |last=Scarafile |first=Andrew |url=http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752884 |title=Goosebumps is Back! |date=October 21, 2009 |publisher=Scholastic |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-date=April 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424131811/http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752884 |url-status=dead }} Stine decided to start writing Goosebumps books again after receiving mail from someone asking him to write new books in the series.{{cite web |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/books/2004389220_goosebumps05.html |title=Kids coax "Goosebumps" author into new books |work=The Seattle Times |date=May 5, 2008 |access-date=December 30, 2014 |last=Theodore |first=Jeff}} Nineteen Goosebumps HorrorLand books were published,{{cite web |url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/goosebumps |title=Online Press Kits |publisher=Scholastic |access-date=September 6, 2013}} and books in the series mainly featured two stories. The series continued in 2012 with new stories featuring some of the series' most memorable villains, including Slappy the Dummy, the Lawn Gnomes and others. The first book of the spin-off series Goosebumps Most Wanted, Planet of the Lawn Gnomes, was released in October 2012.{{Cite web |title=Book Shelf |publisher=RLStine.com |url= http://rlstine.com/bookshelf/#top |access-date=September 3, 2013 }}

In 2024, the series Goosebumps House of Shivers started with the first book being: "Scariest. Book. Ever."

{{See also|List of best-selling books}}

{{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote="The first 27 paperback backlist titles on our list are all Goosebumps. The phenomenon is even more astounding when the sales figures are added up. Scholastic sold 19,125,700 copies of Goosebumps frontlist titles in 1995, and 12,906,800 backlist titles, for a grand total of 32,032,500 copies sold".|source=—Diane Roback, an editor for Publishers Weekly{{sfn|Morris|2000|p=64}}

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Following the release of the first novel in the series, the books quickly became popular, selling a million copies a month soon after they first appeared, and four million copies a month by the mid-1990s.{{cite news |last=Dugan |first=Jeanne |title= Goosebumps: The Thing That Ate The Kids' Market |work=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=November 3, 1996 |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-11-03/goosebumps-the-thing-that-ate-the-kids-market |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823063319/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1996-11-03/goosebumps-the-thing-that-ate-the-kids-market |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=November 26, 2010 }} Individual Goosebumps books appeared in the New York Times Best Seller list for children{{cite news |last=Tabor |first=Mary B. W. |title=At Home With: R. L. Stine; Grown-Ups Deserve Some Terror, Too |work=The New York Times |date=September 7, 1995 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/07/garden/at-home-with-r-l-stine-grown-ups-deserve-some-terror-too.html?src=pm |access-date=December 25, 2010 }} and the USA Today bestseller list.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Dead House |work=USA Today |url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/rl-stine-welcome-to-dead-house/l21398 |access-date=September 4, 2013 }}{{Cite web |title=Say Cheese and Die! |work=USA Today |url=http://books.usatoday.com/book/rl-stine-say-cheese-and-die/l17772 |access-date=September 4, 2013 }} In 2001, Publishers Weekly listed 46 books in the series in its list of bestselling children's paperback books of all time.{{cite web |last=Turvey |first=Debbie Hochman |editor1-last=Roback |editor1-first=Diane |editor2-last=Britton |editor2-first=Jason |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20011217/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html |title=All-Time Bestselling Children's Books |date=December 17, 2001 |work=Publishers Weekly |access-date=September 4, 2013 }} Goosebumps was a bestseller in many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.{{sfn|Cohen|1999|p=51}}

In 1996, the book series accounted for almost 15% of Scholastic's annual revenue. Following the decline of Goosebumps sales next year, Scholastic's sales had dropped 40%.{{cite news |last=Gabriel |first=Trip |title=Real Goose Bumps for Scholastic As Its Share Price Plunges 40% |work=The New York Times |date=February 22, 1997 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/22/business/real-goose-bumps-for-scholastic-as-its-share-price-plunges-40.html |access-date=January 10, 2011 }} The decline in Goosebumps book sales had made front-page news of most newspaper business sections, which Patrick Jones stated "demonstrates the impact and importance of R. L. Stine. One writer, it seems, influences the fate of an entire company".{{sfn|Jones|1998|pp=xx–xxi}}

As of 2008, the Goosebumps series maintains an 82% brand awareness among children 7–12.{{Cite news|title=Scholastic Media Readies Licensing Program for Global Children's Franchise Goosebumps |publisher=Scholastic |date=May 19, 2008 |url=http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05192008_rt.htm |access-date=January 2, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230012056/http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05192008_rt.htm |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |df=mdy-all }} It is listed as the number two bestselling children's book series of all time{{cite news |last=White |first=Michael |title= Sony Acquires Movie Rights to 'Goosebumps' Children's Books |publisher=Bloomberg |date=May 15, 2008 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ac2mPyMaeXrc |access-date=January 2, 2011 }} and as Scholastic's bestselling children's book series of all time.{{sfn|Gunelius|2008|p=58}} By 2014, according to Scholastic, there were 350 million copies of Goosebumps books sold in 32 languages,{{Cite news |title=Goosebumps™ Television Series Arrives on iTunes Across Canada, the UK and Australia |publisher=Scholastic |date=May 27, 2014 |url=http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/goosebumps-television-series-arrives-itunes-across-canada-uk-and-australia |access-date=May 28, 2014 }} including Chinese, Czech, Spanish, and Hebrew.{{sfn|Cohen|1999|p=51}} As of 2008, the book series sells about two million copies annually.

Three books from the Goosebumps series have won the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Book: Deep Trouble in 1995 (the award category's first year),{{Cite web |title=KCA: Fun Facts |publisher=Nickelodeon |date=March 12, 2007 |url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/funfacts.php |access-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804105419/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2007KCA/funfacts.php |url-status=dead }} the book Tales to Give You Goosebumps in 1996,{{cite news |last= Hettrick |first=Scott |title=Olsen Twins Winners at Kid's Choice |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=May 15, 1996 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=RM&p_theme=rm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4E50C26D8DB0B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=December 31, 2010 }} {{subscription required|s}} and Deep Trouble II in 1998.{{cite news |title='Titanic' Tops at Kids' Choice Awards. |publisher=Associated Press |work=TheFreeLibrary.com |year=1998 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60TITANIC%27+TOPS+AT+KIDS%27+CHOICE+AWARDS.-a083817493 |access-date=December 31, 2010 |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718130946/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/%60TITANIC%27+TOPS+AT+KIDS%27+CHOICE+AWARDS.-a083817493 |url-status=dead }} In 2000, the series was ranked as the number two children's books by the National Education Association, as chosen by children.{{cite news |first=Karen |last=MacPherson |title=Read Across America plans readings of Dr. Seuss books |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=February 29, 2000 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TPVRAAAAIBAJ&pg=6885,5662672 |access-date=January 2, 2011 }} In 2003, Goosebumps was listed at number 188 on the BBC's The Big Read poll of the UK's 200 "best-loved novels".[https://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/bigread/top200_2.shtml "BBC – The Big Read"]. BBC. April 2003, Retrieved August 28, 2017

Upon the release of the first book, Welcome to Dead House, Goosebumps received critical acclaim with many critics and readers praising the series for its dark nature, villains, likable protagonists and for being much more mature compared to other children's book series at the time. Slate's Katy Waldman classified a classic Goosebumps story as "funny, icky, and just a bit menacing".{{Cite web |last=Waldman |first=Katy |title=Giving 11-Year-Olds Nightmares Since 1992: Now R.L. Stine is writing horror for adults. |work=Slate |date=October 5, 2012 |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/10/r_l_stine_s_goosebumps_and_red_rain_reviewed_.html |access-date=October 6, 2012 }} Following the release of the first Goosebumps HorrorLand book, Publishers Weekly stated in a starred review that the new Goosebumps series was "deliciously chilling".{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-439-91869-5 |title=Goosebumps HorrorLand: #1: Revenge of the Living Dummy |date=March 10, 2008 |website=Publishers Weekly |access-date=August 17, 2013}} Two reviewers of the Goosebumps books did not feel that the books were high quality literature. U.S. News & World Report{{'}}s Marc Silver thought the series was "quite tame". He called the Goosebumps books "subliterature", stating the plotting in the books was careless and that characters in the stories rarely grew.{{cite journal |last=Silver |first=Marc |title=Horrors! It's R.L. Stine! |date=October 23, 1995 |journal=U.S. News & World Report |volume=119 |issue=16 |pages=95–96}} Roderick McGillis, from the academic journal Bookbird, described the books as camp, writing the books "are so artificial, so formulaic, so predictable, so repetitive". McGillis also felt that the content of the Goosebumps series is "thin in the extreme".{{cite journal |last=McGillis |first=Roderick |title=R. L. Stine and the World of Child Gothic |year=1995–96 |journal=Bookbird |volume=33 |issue=3/4 |pages=15–16 }}

Stine's books have a reputation for getting children excited about reading, which the writer is very proud of. James Carter, writing in Talking Books: Children's Authors Talk About the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing, stated "regarding Point Horrors and Goosebumps, I feel that anything that children read avidly is a good thing".{{sfn|Carter|1999|p=216}} Librarian and writer Patrick Jones commented that "[t]he real horror is a culture where kids, especially boys, don't read—and Stine has done his best to stop that turn of the screw from happening in his lifetime".{{sfn|Jones|1998|p=203}}

Goosebumps was listed 15th in the list of most frequently challenged books during 1990–1999{{Cite web |title=100 most frequently challenged books: 1990–1999 |publisher=ALA |url=http://www.ala.org/bbooks/100-most-frequently-challenged-books-1990%E2%80%931999 |access-date=December 30, 2010 }} and 94th in the list of top banned/challenged books during 2000–2009{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000–2009 |publisher=ALA |url=http://www.ala.org/bbooks/top-100-bannedchallenged-books-2000-2009 |access-date=December 30, 2010 }} by the American Library Association (ALA). According to the ALA, a challenge is an attempt by a person or group to remove or restrict materials from a library or school curriculum.{{cite web |title=About Banned & Challenged Books |work=Banned & Challenged Books |date=December 10, 2012 |url=http://www.ala.org/bbooks/about |publisher=ALA |access-date=September 5, 2013 |author1=Anonymous }} The series was challenged for being too frightening for young people and depicting occult or demonic themes.{{Cite web |title=Harry Potter series tops list of most challenged books four years in a row |publisher=ALA |date=January 13, 2003 |url=http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=pressreleases&template=/contentmanagement/contentdisplay.cfm&ContentID=9404 |access-date=December 30, 2010 }} By 1997, the ALA was informed of 46 challenges, over 75% of which occurred in school libraries. The rest of the challenges were held in public libraries or the location of the challenges were unknown.{{sfn|Becker|Stan|2002|p=57}} The same year, a hearing by the Anoka-Hennepin School District to ban the books was broadcast by C-SPAN.{{cite web |title=Goosebumps Series Appropriateness Hearing { |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?78467-1/goosebumps-series-appropriateness-hearing |publisher=C-SPAN}} In the hearing, most of the parents and children felt the books should not be banned,{{cite news |last=Tabor |first=Mary B. W. |title=Hints of Horror, Shouts of Protest |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/02/us/hints-of-horror-shouts-of-protest.html |date=April 2, 1997 |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 5, 2013 }} and the school district's book review committee decided to keep the books.{{sfn|Becker|Stan|2002|pp=57–58}}

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Walt Disney Records and Scholastic Audiobooks have adapted Goosebumps into numerous audiobooks since 1996.

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In the 1990s, a Goosebumps TV series was produced in Canada by Protocol Entertainment in association with Scholastic Productions.{{cite news |title='Goosebumps' spreads from printed page to TV |work=Deseret News |date=November 9–10, 1995 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KqspAAAAIBAJ&pg=1798,5385915 |access-date=December 25, 2010 }} The TV anthology series ran for four seasons from 1995 to 1998,{{sfn|Gunelius|2008|p=58}} premiering on the Fox Kids Network on October 27, 1995.{{cite news |last=Martin |first=John |title=Kids can tell you about 'Goosebumps' |work=The Tuscaloosa News |date=October 27, 1995 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wTodAAAAIBAJ&pg=6457,8310704 |access-date=December 25, 2010 }} The series mainly featured plots based on the Goosebumps books, among them The Haunted Mask and Cuckoo Clock of Doom. The TV series aired in over 100 countries{{cite news |title= 'Goosebumps' headed to the big screen |publisher=UPI.com |date=May 15, 2008 |url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/05/15/Goosebumps-headed-to-the-big-screen/UPI-23311210907639/ |access-date=December 25, 2010 }} and it was the number one rated children's TV show for three years in the United States.{{cite news |title=Literary festival to offer plenty for kids |publisher=UNC News |date=July 17, 2009 |url=http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2708/73/ |access-date=September 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214225457/http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/2708/73/ |archive-date=February 14, 2012}} Margaret Loesch, formerly the CEO of Fox Kids, offered Scholastic a TV deal after her son responded positively to the Goosebumps book Say Cheese and Die! she had bought for him a day earlier. A book series, titled Goosebumps Presents, was based on the TV series.

On April 28, 2020, it was announced that a new Goosebumps live action TV series was in the works by Scholastic Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television Studios and Neal H. Moritz's production company Original Film.{{cite news |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title='Goosebumps' Live-Action Series In Works By Neal H. Moritz & Scholastic |url=https://www.cbr.com/goosebumps-live-action-series-neal-h-moritz/ |access-date=April 28, 2020 |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=April 28, 2020}} In February 2022, it was announced that the series would be heading to Disney+. It premiered on Disney+ on Friday, October 13, 2023.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title='Goosebumps' Live-Action Series Heads To Disney+ |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/goosebumps-live-action-series-heads-to-disney-1234927913/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 7, 2022}} The second season, titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, debuted on Disney+ on January 10, 2025, consisting of eight episodes.{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3834714/goosebumps-the-vanishing-teaser-reveals-title-and-premiere-date-for-goosebumps-season-2/ |title='Goosebumps: The Vanishing' – Teaser Reveals Title and Premiere Date for 'Goosebumps' Season 2 |website=Bloody Disgusting |first=John |last=Squires |date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 11, 2024}}

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A film adaptation of Goosebumps{{cite magazine |last=Flamm |first=Matthew |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/01/09/new-simon-schuster-lands-dimaggio-bio-goosebumps-headed-big-screen/ |title=Between The Lines |date=January 9, 1998 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 17, 2013 |archive-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230014714/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,281459,00.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.thewrap.com/goosebumps-rl-stine-tim-burton-stephen-king/ | title='Goosebumps' Author R.L. Stine on Movie Cameo, Stephen King and What Scares Him | publisher=The Wrap | date=October 13, 2015 | access-date=October 29, 2015 | last=Sneider | first=Jeff}}{{Cite news |last=Barr |first=Jason |title=Carl Ellsworth to Write Feature Adaptation of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps |publisher=Collider.com |url=https://collider.com/carl-ellsworth-goosebumps-r-l-stine/ |access-date=August 30, 2013 }}{{cite news |title=Writer Carl Ellsworth Gets Goosebumps |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=September 16, 2010 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=69876 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119132317/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=69876 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=October 27, 2010 }} was released on October 16, 2015,{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm | title=Release Schedule | website=Box Office Mojo | access-date=January 29, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129152044/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/schedule/?view=changes&p=.htm | archive-date=January 29, 2015}} directed by Rob Letterman{{cite news|last=Sneider|first=Jeff|title=Jack Black in Negotiations to Star in 'Goosebumps' Movie for Sony, Scholastic Media (Exclusive)|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jack-black-in-negotiations-to-star-in-goosebumps-movie-for-sony-scholastic-media-exclusive/|access-date=September 14, 2013|newspaper=The Wrap|date=September 13, 2013}} written by Darren Lemke{{cite news |last=Puchko |first=Kristy |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/new/Jack-Giant-Killer-Scribe-Give-Goosebumps-Movie-Fresh-Start-28858.html |title=Will Jack the Giant Killer Scribe Give The Goosebumps Movie A Fresh Start? |date=January 13, 2012 |publisher=Cinema Blend |access-date=August 17, 2013 }} and duo Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/11/17/goosebumps-the-movie | title=Goosebumps: The Movie | website=IGN | date=November 17, 2008 | access-date=December 29, 2014 | last=Vejvoda |first=Jim}}{{cite web | url=http://www.latinpost.com/articles/28337/20141226/exclusive-interview-scott-alexander-larry-karaszewski-tim-burtons-latest-big.htm | title=Big Eyes Movie News, Cast & Release Date: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Discuss Tim Burton's Latest Work (Exclusive) | publisher=Latin Post | date=December 26, 2014 | access-date=December 29, 2014 | editor1-last=Salazar | editor1-first=Francisco | editor2-last=Salazar | editor2-first=David}} with Neal H. Moritz and Deborah Forte, the latter of whom developed the TV series, producing the film and stars Jack Black as a fictionalized version of R. L. Stine "whose scary characters literally leap off the page, forcing him to hide from his own creepy creations" with Dylan Minnette as Zach Cooper,{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |title=Dylan Minnette To Star Opposite Jack Black In Sony's 'Goosebumps' |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 14, 2014 |url=https://deadline.com/2014/02/dylan-minnette-goosebumps-movie-casting-jack-black-683465/ |access-date=March 13, 2014 }} and Odeya Rush was cast as R. L. Stine's fictional daughter, Hannah.{{cite news|title=Goosebumps Feature Film, Starring Jack Black, Starts Principal Photography|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117452|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424051938/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117452|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 24, 2014|access-date=April 24, 2014|publisher=ComingSoon.net|date=April 23, 2014}} In the film, Hannah's father R. L. Stine keeps all the monsters in the series locked up in his books. When Zach unintentionally releases the monsters from the books, Zach, Hannah, and Stine team up in order to put the monsters back where they came from.

A sequel, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3495212/goosebumps-sequel-now-titled-haunted-halloween/|title='Goosebumps' Sequel Now Titled 'Haunted Halloween'|first=Brad|last=Miska|date=April 23, 2018}} was released on October 12, 2018,{{cite web|url=https://comingsoon.net/movies/news/811563-sony-pictures-2018-schedule#/slide/1|title=Sony Pictures 2018 Schedule Shifts Hotel Transylvania, Bad Boys, Goosebumps and More|date=February 6, 2017|access-date=February 7, 2017}} directed by Ari Sandel, replacing Letterman, due to being busy directing Pokémon: Detective Pikachu,{{cite magazine|last=Lang|first=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/goosebumps-2-jack-black-1202637463/|title=Ari Sandel Will Direct Goosebumps 2|date=December 12, 2017|magazine=Variety|access-date=December 12, 2017}} and written by Rob Lieber.{{cite magazine|last=Lang|first=Brent|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/sony-taps-rob-lieber-to-write-goosebumps-2-script-1202605455/amp/|title=Sony Taps Rob Lieber To Write Goosebumps 2 Script|date=November 2, 2017|magazine=Variety|access-date=December 7, 2017}} Jack Black returned in the sequel, making his character the only one from the previous film to return,{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3480724/goosebumps-slappys-revenge-plot-details-tease-halloween-night-apocalypse/|title='Goosebumps: Slappy's Revenge' Plot Details Tease Halloween Night Apocalypse – Bloody Disgusting|website=Bloody-Disgusting.com|date=January 30, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3441519/jack-black-will-back-goosebumps-horrorland|title=Jack Black Will Be Back in 'Goosebumps: Horrorland'|date=June 12, 2017}} the sequel stars Madison Iseman, Caleel Harris and Jeremy Ray Taylor as the new leads.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/goosebumps-sequel-sony-cast-1202708209/|title='Goosebumps' Sequel Sets Ensemble Cast|website=Variety|last=Kroll|first=Justin|date=February 22, 2018|access-date=February 22, 2018}}

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There are seven Goosebumps video games, two of which have been created for the PC by DreamWorks Interactive.{{cite news |last=Li |first=Kenneth |title=A CD-ROM(P) on Grungy Side |work=Daily News |date=December 22, 1996 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/money/cd-rom-p-grungy-side-article-1.736508 |access-date=September 4, 2013 }}{{cite news |last=Heffley |first=Lynne |title=It All Speaks to Kids |work=Los Angeles Times |date=February 5, 1998 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-feb-05-ca-15559-story.html |access-date=September 4, 2013 }} A 1996 game entitled Escape from HorrorLand is an interactive sequel to the book One Day at HorrorLand,{{cite news |last=Kent |first=Steve |title=The Hottest New Games |work=The Item |date=November 24, 1996 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O5AiAAAAIBAJ&pg=4456,5395135 |access-date=October 27, 2010 }} and a 1997 game entitled Attack of the Mutant was based on the book of the same name. Scholastic released a Goosebumps video game in October 2008 entitled Goosebumps HorrorLand, based on the series of the same name.{{Cite web |last=Paramchuk |first=Jeff |title=Goosebumps HorrorLand |date=January 2, 2009 |publisher=Common Sense Media |url= http://www.commonsensemedia.org/game-reviews/goosebumps-horrorland |access-date=January 10, 2011}} Another video game, Goosebumps: The Game, a prequel to the 2015 film, was released on October 13, 2015.{{cite web | url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/142752-Goosebumps-The-Game-Release-Date-Revealed#&gid=gallery_4832&pid=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031636/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/142752-Goosebumps-The-Game-Release-Date-Revealed#&gid=gallery_4832&pid=1 | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 7, 2016 | title=Goosebumps: The Game Gets a Release Date | work=The Escapist | date=October 7, 2015 | access-date=October 10, 2015 | author=Finnegan, Lizzy }} Goosebumps: Night of Scares, a mobile game based on the film and the book series was released for iOS and Android devices on October 15 of the same year.{{cite web | url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/nycc-exclusive-goosebumps-night-of-scares-game-trailer-will-leave-you-screaming | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012231511/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/nycc-exclusive-goosebumps-night-of-scares-game-trailer-will-leave-you-screaming | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 12, 2015 | title=NYCC Exclusive: "Goosebumps: Night of Scares" Game Trailer Will Leave You Screaming | website=Comic Book Resources | date=October 10, 2015 | access-date=May 8, 2016 | author=Pallota, Mike }} A Mobile game, Goosebumps: HorrorTown was released in 2018. One last game released in 2020 called Goosebumps Dead of Night, available for PC and Consoles.

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{{Anchor|Goosebumps Graphix}}A comic book series, titled Goosebumps Graphix, was written based on books from the original series. There were three books published in the series; the first one, Creepy Creatures, was published on September 1, 2006. The second one Terror Trips is published in March 2007. The third one Scary Summer was released in July 2007. The fourth one Slappy's Tales of Horror is released in August 2015.{{Cite web |last= Carter |first= R. J. |title=Book Review: Goosebumps Graphix: Creepy Creatures |publisher=The Trades |date=August 28, 2006 |url=http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4626 |access-date=December 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525161906/http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=4626 |archive-date=May 25, 2013 }}

IDW Comics later released a new Goosebumps comic series, with three issues per arc. Its first arc, Monsters at Midnight, was released from October to December 2017; a second arc, Download and Die!, was released from March to May 2018. The latest arc, Horrors of the Witch House was released from March to May 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/goosebumps-denton-j-tipton/1130336414?ean=9781684055395|title=Goosebumps: Horrors of the Witch House|Hardcover|website=Barnes & Noble}} Each were also released as trade paperbacks.{{Cite web|title=Goosebumps IDW|publisher=IDW Comics|date=January 15, 2018|url=https://www.idwpublishing.com/product-category/goosebumps/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029233838/http://www.idwpublishing.com/product-category/goosebumps/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 29, 2017|access-date=January 15, 2018}}

Goosebumps has spawned merchandise, including T-shirts, board games, puzzles,{{sfn|Foerstel|2002|p=222}} hats, fake skulls, dolls,{{sfn|Jones|1998|p=163}} bike helmets, fake blood, and boxer shorts.{{cite news |last=Tobin |first=James |title=Give Me Goosebumps |work=The Nation |date=June 29, 1997 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VrUpAAAAIBAJ&pg=6574,5575338 |access-date=December 27, 2010 }} Goosebumps was also adapted into a stage play by Rupert Holmes in 1998{{cite web |last=Ciampa |first=Linda |url=http://www.cnn.com/books/news/9810/30/goose.bumps/index.html |title='Goosebumps' series a frightening success |date=October 30, 1998 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 17, 2013 }} and a stage musical by John Maclay and Danny Abosch in 2016: Goosebumps The Musical, based on book 24: Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium.

"Goosebumps The Musical">{{cite web|url=https://dannyabosch.com/goosebumps-the-musical/|title=Goosebumps The Musical|access-date=May 13, 2017|publisher=DannyAbosch.com}} Goosebumps has an official website, which garners 1.5 million page views each month as of 2008.{{cite news|title=Sony Gets Goosebumps, Scholastic's Bestselling Book Series, To Be Adapted Into Feature Film |publisher=Scholastic |date=May 15, 2008 |url=http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05152008_CP.htm |access-date=September 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315231702/http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/news/press_05152008_CP.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} An attraction based on the series, the Goosebumps HorrorLand Fright Show and FunHouse, opened in October 1997 at Disney-MGM Studios's New York Street.{{Cite news |last1=Cruz |first1=Georgina |title=Here's What's New at the Theme Parks |work=Sun Sentinel |page=6J |date=1998-05-10 |language=English |id={{ProQuest|388296440}} |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |last=Shenot |first=Christine |title=Oh, Horror! Disney-mgm Studios To Open Goosebumps Attraction |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=June 9, 1997 |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/06/09/oh-horror-disney-mgm-studios-to-open-goosebumps-attraction/ |access-date=March 15, 2014 }} Before it closed, the attraction consisted of a stage play which featured characters from the series; this show played five times a day. The attraction also featured a funhouse, called the Goosebumps HorrorLand Hall of Mirrors, which contained a maze of mirrors along with other props and gags from the series.{{cite news |last=Jorden Spitz |first=Jill |title=Goosebumps Addition To Spook Disney-mgm |work=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 3, 1997 |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/10/03/goosebumps-addition-to-spook-disney-mgm/ |access-date=March 15, 2014 }} In 2008, it was announced that Sally Corporation would market Goosebumps rides.{{cite news |last=Levine |first=Arthur |title=New Rides will Give You Goosebumps |publisher=About.com |date=October 6, 2008 |url=http://themeparks.about.com/b/2008/10/06/new-rides-will-give-you-goosebumps.htm |access-date=January 15, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315230959/http://themeparks.about.com/b/2008/10/06/new-rides-will-give-you-goosebumps.htm |archive-date=March 15, 2014 }}

The books One Day at HorrorLand and A Night in Terror Tower were adapted into two separate board games in 1996. Both games were published by Milton Bradley and designed by Craig Van Ness.{{cite web |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9578/goosebumps-one-day-at-horrorland-game |title=Goosebumps – One Day at Horrorland Game (1996) |publisher=BoardGameGeek |access-date=August 17, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/9815/goosebumps-a-night-in-terror-tower-game |title=Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower Game (1996) |publisher=BoardGameGeek |access-date=August 17, 2013}}

In November 1996, Scholastic, the publisher of the series,{{cite news |last=Saillant |first=Catherine |title= Popularity of Scary Stories Pleases Some, Perturbs Others |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 30, 1995 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-30-me-62930-story.html |access-date=August 27, 2010 }} and Parachute Press, the developer of the series, agreed to a new contract. Scholastic retained control of book publishing and the TV series, but gave Parachute Press merchandising rights to the series. In September 1997, following a dispute between Scholastic and Parachute Press, Scholastic accused Parachute Press of violating the contract. Scholastic claimed that Parachute Press had been making merchandising deals and issuing press releases without Scholastic's required consent, and had begun withholding payments from them. In November 1997, Parachute responded by alleging Scholastic had repudiated its financial obligations, claiming Scholastic had voided its rights to publish 54 books. Parachute Press filed a lawsuit, which followed with numerous other suits and countersuits{{Cite journal |last1=Dugan |first1=I. Jeanne |title=Deals That Go Bump in the Night |journal=BusinessWeek |issue=3565 |pages=84–85 |date=1998-02-16 |issn=0007-7135 |id={{EBSCOhost|206703}} |url=http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1998-02-15/the-goosebumps-deal-goes-bump-in-the-night |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118213545/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/1998-02-15/the-goosebumps-deal-goes-bump-in-the-night |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=January 14, 2011 }} over who controls certain rights to the series. In 2003, the two sides reached an agreement, with Scholastic receiving the Goosebumps trademark and all other rights to the series for {{US$|9.65 million}}.

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• Fear Street
• Gooflumps
• Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
• Shivers (novel series)

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• {{cite book |last=Foerstel |first=Herbert N. |title=Banned in the U.S.A.: A Reference Guide to Book Censorship in Schools and Public Libraries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4e0OfSKBp8oC |year=2002 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=0-313-31166-8 }}
• {{cite book |last=Gunelius |first=Susan |title=Harry Potter: The Story of a Global Business Phenomenon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abYKXvCwEToC |year=2008 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-20323-5 }}
• {{cite book |last=Jones |first=Patrick |title=What's So Scary About R.L. Stine? |year=1998 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-3468-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/whatssoscaryabou0000jone }}
• {{cite book |last=Marcovitz |first=Hal |title=R.L. Stine |year=2005 |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |isbn=0-7910-8659-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/rlstine00marc }}
• {{cite book |last=Morris |first=Tim |title=You're Only Young Twice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zo8ik1m7wvQC |year= 2000 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=0-252-02532-6 }}
• {{cite book |last=Westfahl |first=Gary |title=Science Fiction, Children's Literature, and Popular Culture: Coming of Age in Fantasyland |url=https://archive.org/details/sciencefictionch00west_0 |url-access=registration |year=2000 |publisher= Greenwood Press |isbn=0-313-30847-0 }}

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