The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 8 books · 1992 to 1996

R. L. Stine

Children’sSpooky stories

R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books gave a generation of children their first scares: haunted masks, cursed cameras and the evil ventriloquist's dummy Slappy. Most books stand alone, with new children each time.

Best estimate, compiled from series guides, publisher descriptions and reviews where available, and from memory otherwise. Book level only, not chapter level. Minor includes cameos and brief references. Each book carries a confidence rating in its tooltip. Most Goosebumps books have new leads; only the early titles and the recurring dummy Slappy are charted.

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R. L. Stine books in order

Each series in publication order, with its lead characters. Where the story runs in a different order, switch to Story order. Crossover books are marked and listed under their main series. Use My books to track what you have read.

Goosebumps

8 books · Set in various American townsSpooky stories
  1. 1Welcome to Dead House1992With Amanda BensonBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Stay Out of the Basement1992With Margaret BrewerBuy on Amazon
  3. 3Say Cheese and Die!1992With Greg BanksBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Night of the Living Dummy1993With Lindy Powell and Kris PowellBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Haunted Mask1993With Carly Beth CaldwellBuy on Amazon
  6. 6One Day at HorrorLand1994With Lizzy MorrisBuy on Amazon
  7. 7Night of the Living Dummy II1995With Amy KramerBuy on Amazon
  8. 8Night of the Living Dummy III1996With Trina O'DellBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Goosebumps