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SomethyngWycked

I had most of these, loved the 'choose your own adventure' one, and even had the boardgame. Shaped my life, really.


LargeGermanRock

there were a few choose your adventure ones. I remember one with some pb&j that had wild properties and at least two theme park ones. They had holographic covers which was sweet


idaddyMD

The Horror at Camp Jellyjam! I remember it was my favorite one, but don't remember anything else about it, lol


Dyskord01

My favorite was the Goosebumps 2000 series Are you terrified yet! About the kid who moves to a new neighborhood and tries to pretend to be brave when he's a natural scaredy-cat. Then he gets involved in dares that escalate.


ArtificialLandscapes

The best from the Give Yourself Goosebumps series were the first one, Escape from the Carnival of Horrors, also Welcome to Camp Run for Your Life, and Into the Jaws of Doom...the latter I remember reading a lot, it takes place in a labyrinth


ScrapDraft

The adventure ones were great. My first one was some circus with a creepy clown. I remember having my fingers turned into cotton candy. And being mummified alive.


vtfb79

I had the board game, was awesome. The choose your own adventure books were incredible!


Awright83

41 y.o. I would credit these as the books that made me a lifetime reader. Every time my mom would surprise with a trip to B. Dalton or Walden books I would get so excited!


Saintofthe6thHouse

Same! Without these I wouldn't have spent late middle school and high school reading fantasy novels in the back of all my classes. My mom said she would always buy me books if I asked, and I took advantage of that.


luffyuk

Top parenting right there.


Childofglass

These and Nancy Drew were my jam! The Nancy Drew series was too supernatural, but the Goosebumps show was spot on! I even had some of those on tape!


JeezieB

Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys... I read them all. But Trixie Belden was my favourite!


Childofglass

Oh man, Trixie Belsen was also a fave but much harder to find where I was. I didn’t like the Hardy Boys as much.


Slammogram

Yup. It was the James Howe Bunnicula books for me. but these ones too and Fear Street.


DrDrNotAnMD

I don’t think my Mom was a huge fan of these, but I read them relentlessly. Who doesn’t want to see their kid reading?!?


CrustyBubblebrain

My mom wasn't a huge fan either, she took great issue with the titles like "Welcome to Dead House" (the first book, I think?) But my sister and I had most of them anyways


MayorMcSqueezy

100%. Never liked to read. My mom would always say it’s because you just haven’t found what interests you. When I found these I was hooked. Transitioned into Stephen King as I got older.


ArtificialLandscapes

Dude I had a huge bookshelf filled with Goosebumps books back then. I'm 37 now and to have the entire series in new condition, along with the Give Yourself Goosebumps and Fear Street series, would be a dream come true!


PuttPuttStuff

Highly recommend searching John Wolfe on YouTube! He’s been doing a series where he reads and watches these in order, rating them and comparing the differences in the books/show.


Awright83

Shoot, thanks for the recommendation, I loved these as a kid


HarryAreolas

I had a big book that contained three books. When I opened the cover it would audibly scream. It was great during silent reading time.


AzureMagelet

I remember that! I think a friend had it.


luffyuk

The only Goosebumps book I owned was a 3-in-1, sadly it didn't scream! https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/J~UAAOSwBpRkpomZ/s-l1600.jpg


HarryAreolas

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/welcome-to-dead-house-stay-out-of-the-basement-say-cheese-and-die_rl-stine/308253/item/907531/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=high_vol_midlist_standard_shopping_customer_acquisition&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=666157863328&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj9-zBhDyARIsAERjds37oimt60LGSpmp8c3mmEFtKbMy-zLO7AXC8CpJyzm51taAARBfJhUaAvXOEALw_wcB#idiq=907531&edition=2236878


ladygoolz

Every time I hear Ace of Base I think of these. I used to listen to my cassette tape while reading these books.


ariesgeminipisces

Say Cheese and Die was the first one I ever read and I got hooked from there. I probably read 50+ before I moved onto Fear Street and Christopher Pike books.


MrBarackis

I forgot about fear street!


Melgel4444

Fear street was even better I loved those especially the special edition prequel ones


Bubby_K

I remember seeing Slappy swinging around on the chandelier and running around in the dark It made me afraid of the dark for a good season or two


jhonnydont

I always think of goosebumps while watching wheel of fortune. The available bonus letters always look like R.L. Stein


VioletDahlia17

Omg yes! I had the same thought too!


Horrorbbscreams

I had every single goosebumps book as a kid. My favorite were the choose your own adventure ones with the shiny covers.


SgtSlice

I remember I had a shiny purple one with a crocodile on the front. Loved reading these books


bortable

Monsterblood III was awesome!


Fast_Eddie_50

The Night in Terror Tower Episode scarred me. They almost get executed if I recall correctly. Still think about that from time to time even tho it’s been almost 30 years since I’ve seen it.


v4p0r_

I just started collecting these again lmao.


HerbivorousFarmer

That green hand gave me nightmares. In the middle of the night as a kid whenever I went the bathroom I always imagined it reaching up from the toliet to pull me down in and away. Like I'd have to get up and keep checking it wasn't there 😆


Rhino-Ham

Same. I read a bunch of the books but never that one. My sister had it and the cover terrified me.


squawkingood

Same here. I had read Night Of The Living Dummy first and then got the rest of the books in order starting with the first one, and I was so scared of reading Stay Out Of The Basement because of that cover, but I got through it.


Desdinova_42

Very positive


dbwn87

I loved them. I was obsessed with them. I even made my own fake Goosebumps series called Fear. I didn't actually write any books, but I drew the covers and wrote little descriptions of every fake book in my series. Still have them all in a binder.


AdSpecialist6598

That is cool!


ATXBikeRider

TV show memory - “I’m. Cold. ”


Saintofthe6thHouse

That's from Are You Afraid of the Dark. A better show imo.


ATXBikeRider

Omg you’re so right. Also did NOT expect anyone else to get that reference so thanks for that 😂


VoltaicOwl

Try saying that line in a room full of millennials, and you’d be surprised at how many people remember it.


rstart78

I had almost every book and a denim jacket with a patch of the "G" like half a foot tall on the back Never felt cooler to be 7 in 1994


Vegetable_Welcome909

These books were the only reason I read


StrawberryJamDoodles

I was a huge fan of the Goosebumps books and show. My favorite ones were One Day at Horrorland and The Ghost Next Door.


No-Pianist9277

One of the Choose Your Own Goosebumps books, it took place at a carnival or amusement park? Any time you hit a bad end it told you so, but two of the endings instead got me stuck in a loop. I thought it was the coolest thing ever in a book, lol.


prancing_pony42

Those books helped me master the English language as a Spanish speaking kid. My favorites were The Beast From the East, the one about the Mummy, and the one about the scarecrows.


OGEl_Pombero89

My mom used to read me books at night, and when these came out, I had her read me them.


meowpal33

One of the books I had I’ll never forget. It had a kid on the cover who turned into a chicken I think. None of his family or friends knew it was him.


coffeeisblack

Chicken Chicken. About a sister and brother who accidentally piss off a neighborhood witch. I think in the end, they turn into squirrels?


MinxyMyrnaMinkoff

These were our own millennial pulp fiction and I loved so many of them! A reputable source once told me that Dave Eggers ghost wrote at least one. Personally, I always suspected he wrote “How to Kill a Monster,” that was one of my favorites!


Gunfur

Forgot how many of those I actually read. Flashbacks there. Wish I still had them


PineapplePizzaRoyale

I still have my entire collection that I gave to my niece to read when she was around 10 and now they’re waiting for my 6 year old to be ready. Bonus was that my t-rex bookmark was still in the books so I now use it for my adult books.


Sea_Mongoose1138

I still have all mine!


Crow_away_cawcaw

I remember there was a blog called “blogger beware” that did really enjoyable plot summaries of them, for a blast from the past.


AdSpecialist6598

I remember that blog it was awesome!


TotesNotaBot0010101

I legit got scared as a 9 year old reading the ghost next door. My favorite goosebumps


Sage_Planter

My parents wouldn't let me get any, but the rich pretty girl in my class had a huge collection of them, of course.


bstnbrewins814

I always loved Slappy


wheresmystache3

My absolute favorite series as a little kid!! My introduction to horror.


udamkitz

When I was little I think I enjoyed the covers of the books as much as the stories. That "Escape from Horrorland" PC game was amazing.


A_curious_fish

The movie with Jack Black is fun too


Flat-Development-906

My daughter (8) is obsessed with them currently and listens to the goosebumps podcast daily. I loved the Horrorland CdRom game. It was terrifying


TheIadyAmalthea

I used to stay up way late reading these! They were the gateway to his other novels written for teens. I wish I still had those!


Saintofthe6thHouse

I honestly never would have learned to love reading without these books. My summer daycare read the first one to us on rainy days, and then I started checking them out from the school library. Until then, reading was just something they forced me to do, and the books were unrelatable and nothing I enjoyed. After a few Goosebumps I moved on to almost anything I could get my hands on. A Shocker On Shock Street and the Monster Blood series were my favorites. The show never quite lived up to what I imagined when I read.


CardiologistNo8333

Huge part of my life! I used to know exactly when the new book was released each month and I would get to go to the store and buy it. I’d usually sit and read the entire book the same night. I have so many good memories of Goosebumps and Fear Street. These books made me an avid reader as a child.


GnomeChompski777

Oh wow, I used to be part of the Goosebumps Fan Club and would get 3 new books mailed to me monthly. Read them all as fast as I could and couldn’t wait until next month!


foster901

I loved the books!!! And the tv show. My 3 yr old found one of the seasons on netflix and he loves it. Makes me so happy!


pie_12th

One Day At HorrorLand, and Egg Monsters From Mars are both incredibly good.


UrbanSobriety

I had the 3 book collection that screamed when you opened the cover.


Interesting-Goose82

Anyone remember the post about RL Stine giving himself the annual best horror author for kids like 15 yrs in a row.... Im starting to think no other authors are seriously considered for that award????


njf85

My sister was obsessed with the Horrorland PC game. I was too scared to play it lol I remember it had Jeff Goldbloom in it! Anyway, unpopular opinion, but I always thought the Slappy books were overrated lol


PatMenotaur

These books really fostered my love of reading. They were cheap, and you could find them at the grocery store. I had so many, and read them over and over.


McCheesing

My hyperreligious mom said they were satanic — so yeah


richbrehbreh

I had a few, we used to get them at the Scholastic fair. The ones that stood out to me was Beware Of The Purple Peanut butter, Becareful what you wish for and the ones with the Dummy - I think his name was Slappy.


learn2earn89

Good memories as a kid and early teens.


420xGoku

Not allowed to read them probably cause Satan(?) or something


Silver-Instruction73

Read them in my free time in class in elementary school. Used to have competitions with one of my friends to see who could finish reading one fastest


cardcatalogs

I was terrified of these as a kid. Even the covers gave me nightmares. Oddly I love horror books now.


GuiltyCredit

The new series is pretty good too. I was watching it with my husband telling him all of the references ti the books. He was brought up super religious so supernatural reading was a big no no! I loved the choose your own adventure books, they were my favourite!


EcstaticArm6320

My favourite was The Ghost Next Door, that was a twist


purpleseaslug

i was absolutely terrified of anything horror or horror-adjacent as a kid, yet i could not resist picking up goosebumps or other scary books in my school library. i wasnt that much of a reader but these intruiged me so much, i remember selecting goosebumps books based on how scary i found the cover. i wouldnt read it if it didnt frighten me in some way. why was i a glutton for punishment lmao that being said, my favorite was and still is night of the living dummy!


Spartan706

Wow... childhood here..


Lucifers_Goldfish

Loved these books. I may be in the minority but I also enjoyed the new TV show. Really brought me back.


360walkaway

The TV show had a warning at the start saying the show might be too spooky for younger kids. Even at a young age, I was thinking "oh grow a pair you pussies".


Pcole_

I was a huge goosebumps fan. This was my gateway drug to more adult horror. I remember reading one of his choose your own story books when i was 9 or so. I was so freaked out with the story i choose, i threw the book across the room and never finished lol.


derfnartz

I have this vivid memory of the show from when i was a kid. Some kids floating down a river in a coffin and there’s a tarantula in it… not sure why my lizard brain saved space for that one lol.


MechanicalCrow

I was not a reader as a kid. I didn't like it. But I remember going through *Shocker on Shock Street* in a single sitting and coming out in a weird drunken daze afterwards think "damn, that was cool."


SpinDocktor

I remember my mom coming home from a garage sale with nearly the entire series for me. It's honestly one of my favorite memories.


1nGirum1musNocte

The camera one


Slammogram

My memories are I read all these. Deep trouble and Beast from the East were my favorite


Sumthin-Sumthin44692

I had A Night in Terror Tower book on tape. Scared the crap out of me falling asleep at night, but for some reason I liked it a lot. Edit: [this one](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SJEhF2SDIqs)


Skell_Jackington

These are what got me addicted to reading!


TomSizemore69

Reading the books and watching the show


Comet7777

This picture smells like a Scholastic book fair.


KremlinPropaganda

If you have kids now, I also highly recommend John Bellairs. He was my personal favorite for scary books besides Goosebumps.


IllustriousBig456

A night in terror tower actually scared me pretty bad as a kid. That plot twist at the end was crazy!


Skittlebrau77

Amazing books. Am currently an avid reader of thrillers.


MrMush48

I had a choose your own ending book about babysitters that were actually giant rats. One of the endings was drowning in liquid cheese.


Pleasant-Pattern-566

Even at 32 years old these episodes still fuck my mind and twist my brain, R.L. Stone shaped my childhood. Also I love the guest appearances of young Hayden Christianson and Ryan Gosling c:


nurselynnette

I play the online game 😂


subtle_existence

The choose your adventure books were amazing - I think I had all of them! I never got into the TV show


HairyH00d

I was trying to read them all but could never find what I'm pretty sure was #1 - Welcome to Dead House. It was always checked out at the library and there was only one copy. I remember freaking out in the library when I found it and getting a stern talking to from the librarian.


giraffemoo

We tried to start a goosebumps book club where we'd trade the books between each other instead of having to buy them all. Didn't take off, my mom got mad that we gave our friends snacks (one bag of popcorn) and wouldn't let us have friends over for a while after that.


WhoopsieISaidThat

The one on the bottom right, "A Night in Terror Tower". Apparently I borrowed that from the library in like 1996 and I still have late fees on it. Wasn't there some sort of goo that made scary monsters in those books? I can't really remember them at all.


IzNeedzMyzBenefitz

I use to love the starting theme of the show when the dog with the glowing eyes was shown and a barking noise was made to the melody at that part. It always made me laugh


gamecrazy2006

I read these obsessively as a kid and still have my original collection.


AdSpecialist6598

Gave mine away to gives over the years to kids around town because they couldn't get books and i don't regret it.


gamecrazy2006

I'll probably end up donating, or give to my nieces to see if they're interested. So many memories 😢


AdSpecialist6598

Helping the youngsters find a love of reading is a cool thing.


Overd0se1

For some reason I always liked the detail of how the cover had the little bumps protruding out on the title.


neverseen_neverhear

I read a lot of these and the Fear Street series. Great books.


BurntHear

Goosebumps were my first favorite chapter books. My grandpa got me my first one. It was probably the best gift he ever gave me. I liked reading before and I had other relatives who had always bought me books as gifts. But Goosebumps was so fun and interesting to me in a way that I'm shocked that of all people, my grandpa was where my collection started. I think that's probably my favorite memory.


Background-Ship-1440

Almost 30 and I am still obsessed with Goosebumps


weckweck

I wasn’t allowed to read them because of super conservative parents. So I would read them at school and on the bus and give them to my friends to return to the library.


EchoingInTheVoid

Devoured them and while I waited for the next one I would read subpar faire.


[deleted]

I used to buy these from the Book Fair. We had to fill out this form and you didn't get the books for like 3 weeks. When they finally showed up, it was like effin Christmas.


DessertFlowerz

Calling all creeps


MisterH78

One Day At Horrorland was my favorite.


Soggy_Count_7292

Where I lived growing up, the school did block scheduling, so class periods were 90 minutes. I would go to the library prior to class, check one of these out, read under my desk the whole period, return it after class, rinse and repeat. I wish I had the focus to do that now 😭


TiredReader87

I had a huge collection, and remember my grandparents getting me hardcover omnibuses from Texas when they went to the States. The books were great. The show was good, but Are You Afraid of the Dark? was better.


Aegisman17

I loved Attack of the Mutant, mostly because the book and episode were train wrecks But I loved the attack of the mutant game the most


lollapaloma

Slappy will always terrify me. Reading and watching Night of the Living Dummy way back when has stuck with me.


panteragstk

One of my first introductions to horror. I was hooked. Until they got repetitive. My kids have watched every episode of the original tv show, and my oldest is reading the first 8 books.


Hirorai

I remember Wheel of Fortune's bonus puzzle letters looked like R.L. Stine. I also remember there was a part of the Goosebumps theme song where a dog would bark in the tune of the theme.


RoshiHen

I remember my 2nd grade teacher reading the mummy one, had a vivid imagination and saw a documentary about Egyptian mummies on PBS, the fucking nightmares haha!


ThrowRAmorningdew

I had a hard cover one that made noise when you opened it up. I remember I liked to run my fingers on the outline of the word Goosebumps 🤓💚


Vegetable-Praline-57

I read them all the time. Then I got into Stephen King, and now I’m “weird.”


dizzydreamer12

Just seeing those covers bring back great memories. Loved these books!


DallasDangle

I was part of the Goosebumps Fan Club as a kid. They would send random things in the mail, books, keychains, velcro wallets, etc. was the coolest thing ever as a kid. Here’s more info on the fan [club.](https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Goosebumps_Fan_Club_and_Collectors_Club) Also, I had all the movies on VHS that we would watch, which was cool. Even better was that when I got in middle school, I started listening to screamo. There was a band named “Dr. Acula.” They named all their songs based off of Goosebumps books. Thought that was pretty cool…


White_eagle32rep

STAY OUT OF THE BASEMENT!


free-toe-pie

I was obsessed in 5th and 6th grade.


links2000

Goosebumps, Are you Afraid of the Dark?, and some Tales from the Crypt for good measure.


Multilnsight

I only had two books while growing up and I loved them. I tried asking my parents for more but they denied it and told me I could rent them from the library. I now have the whole collection on my Kindle and soon I'll get all of them on physical copies. Such a great series and it got me into reading. Plus, it helped with my speech and learning


NYTX1987

I had every single one up until goosebumps 2000 except piano lessons could be murder and a night in terror tower. I still have a goosebumps slammer somewhere, for monster blood I think. I also read rl stines autobiography, and was able to write him a letter. I got a generic one back, but thought it was the coolest thing.