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Goosebumps HorrorLand
The Goosebumps HorrorLand series by R. L. Stine has 19 known books (19 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Revenge of the Living Dummy (2008).
- Books
- 19 known books (19 novels)
- Published
- 19
- First published
- 2008
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Horror
- Last checked
Start here: Revenge of the Living Dummy (2008) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Revenge of the Living Dummy
Revenge of the Living Dummy (April 2008) opens Goosebumps HorrorLand, R.L. Stine's second relaunch of the brand and the first to send different kids through the gates of the same sinister theme park across nineteen otherwise self-contained stories. At 144 pages, this one brings back Stine's signature living-dummy scare to launch the run.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Revenge of the Living Dummy - Book 2:
Creep from the Deep
Creep from the Deep (2008) is the second Goosebumps HorrorLand book, continuing the series' pattern of a new cast of kids drawn into HorrorLand even as small clues about the park's real purpose begin accumulating in the background. It runs 137 pages, following Revenge of the Living Dummy .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Creep from the Deep - Book 3:
Monster Blood for Breakfast!
Monster Blood for Breakfast! (June 2008) is the third entry in Goosebumps HorrorLand, its own standalone scare like every book in the series while the park's overarching mystery quietly builds underneath. It runs 137 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Monster Blood for Breakfast! - Book 4:
The Scream of the Haunted Mask
The Scream of the Haunted Mask (August 2008) brings a classic Goosebumps monster -- a mask with a mind of its own -- into the HorrorLand theme-park setting, as the fourth book in the series' nineteen-book main line. It runs 139 pages, between Monster Blood for Breakfast! and Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Scream of the Haunted Mask - Book 5:
Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz (October 2008) is the fifth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, one of nineteen standalone scares set in R.L. Stine's garish, unsettling theme park. It runs 132 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz - Book 6:
Who's Your Mummy?
Who's Your Mummy? (January 2009) sends a new group of HorrorLand visitors up against one of the series' recurring monster types, the mummy, in the sixth book of the nineteen-book main line. It runs 133 pages, following Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Who's Your Mummy? - Book 7:
My Friends Call Me Monster
My Friends Call Me Monster (2009) is the seventh Goosebumps HorrorLand book, continuing the series' formula of a fresh cast of kids lured to the park with free tickets and a scare-of-the-week plot. It runs 138 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of My Friends Call Me Monster - Book 8:
Say Cheese and Die -- Screaming!
Say Cheese and Die -- Screaming! (March 2009) is the eighth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, revisiting a cursed-camera scare within HorrorLand's shared theme-park setting. It runs 125 pages, following My Friends Call Me Monster .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Say Cheese and Die -- Screaming! - Book 9:
Welcome to Camp Slither
Welcome to Camp Slither (2009) is the ninth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, one of nineteen standalone monster stories unified by the park's overarching, slowly accumulating mystery. It runs 133 pages, between Say Cheese and Die -- Screaming! and Help! We Have Strange Powers! .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Welcome to Camp Slither - Book 10:
Help! We Have Strange Powers!
Help! We Have Strange Powers! (2009) is the tenth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, marking the halfway point in the nineteen-book main line R.L. Stine built around the sinister theme park. It runs 139 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Help! We Have Strange Powers! - Book 11:
Escape from HorrorLand
Escape from HorrorLand (June 2009) puts its title's promise front and center, the eleventh book in the series to send kids up against the theme park's genuinely dangerous secrets rather than just its scare-of-the-week plot. It runs 132 pages, coming before The Streets of Panic Park .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Escape from HorrorLand - Book 12:
The Streets of Panic Park
The Streets of Panic Park (2009) is the twelfth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, continuing the run of standalone scares that quietly build toward the series' climactic entries, The Wizard of Ooze and Slappy New Year! . It runs 136 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Streets of Panic Park - Book 13:
When the Ghost Dog Howls
When the Ghost Dog Howls (January 2010) is the thirteenth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, one of nineteen self-contained scares R.L. Stine set within the park's shared, slowly-revealed mystery. It runs 137 pages, following The Streets of Panic Park .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of When the Ghost Dog Howls - Book 14:
Little Shop of Hamsters
Little Shop of Hamsters (2010) brings the mutant hamsters referenced among the HorrorLand series' roster of scares to the fourteenth book in the main line. It runs 135 pages, between When the Ghost Dog Howls and Heads, You Lose! .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Little Shop of Hamsters - Book 15:
Heads, You Lose!
Heads, You Lose! (May 2010) is the fifteenth Goosebumps HorrorLand book, arriving as the series moved toward its two-book climax, The Wizard of Ooze and Slappy New Year! . It runs 136 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Heads, You Lose! - Book 16:
Weirdo Halloween
Weirdo Halloween (2010) is the sixteenth Goosebumps HorrorLand book and, at 214 pages, noticeably longer than most of the series' standalone entries. It follows Heads, You Lose! as the run nears its climactic final books.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Weirdo Halloween - Book 17:
The Wizard of Ooze
The Wizard of Ooze (September 2010) is one of the two climactic entries -- alongside Slappy New Year! -- where the small clues about who really runs HorrorLand and why it keeps summoning children finally pay off. It's the seventeenth book in the main line, running 142 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Wizard of Ooze - Book 18:
Slappy New Year!
Slappy New Year! (November 2010) is the second of the series' two climactic books, bringing back R.L. Stine's recurring villain Slappy the dummy as the HorrorLand mystery pays off. It runs 141 pages, following The Wizard of Ooze .
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Slappy New Year! - Book 19:
The Horror at Chiller House
The Horror at Chiller House (January 2011) closes out the nineteen-book Goosebumps HorrorLand main line, the last standalone scare before R.L. Stine continued the same cast and setting in the separate six-book Hall of Horrors continuation. It runs 153 pages.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of The Horror at Chiller House
About the Goosebumps HorrorLand series
Goosebumps HorrorLand, launched in 2008, is R.L. Stine's second relaunch of his signature brand, and its biggest structural change: for the first time, the numbered Goosebumps books share a single setting and an overarching mystery. HorrorLand is a garish, unsettling theme park that keeps luring different groups of kids through its gates with free tickets -- and each book follows a new set of visitors who discover, in the middle of their own standalone monster story, that the park's jokey mascots and rides are hiding something genuinely dangerous.
Every book still works as its own self-contained scare -- evil ventriloquist dummies, mummies, mutant hamsters, a haunted amusement park ride -- but small clues about who really runs HorrorLand and why it keeps summoning children accumulate across the run, paying off in the climactic Wizard of Ooze and Slappy New Year!. It's the first time the Goosebumps format let a single thread run underneath the whole series rather than resetting completely with each book, giving longtime readers something to piece together alongside the scare-of-the-week plots.
Stine returned to HorrorLand's cast and setting once more with a six-book Hall of Horrors continuation (2011-2012), tracked separately from this numbered nineteen-book main line.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in Goosebumps HorrorLand?
19 books in the main numbered line, published from Revenge of the Living Dummy (April 2008) through The Horror at Chiller House (January 2011). A separate six-book Hall of Horrors continuation followed in 2011-2012.
What order should I read Goosebumps HorrorLand in?
Publication order, used here. Each book is a standalone story, but they share the HorrorLand theme-park setting and an overarching mystery that builds across the series and pays off toward the end of the run.
What is HorrorLand?
A sinister theme park that different groups of kids are mysteriously invited to visit for free across the series -- the first time the numbered Goosebumps books used a shared setting rather than fully unconnected stories.
Is Goosebumps HorrorLand connected to the original Goosebumps series?
It's the same R.L. Stine brand and several familiar monsters and villains (including Slappy the dummy) reappear, but HorrorLand is tracked as its own separate numbered series from the original 1992-97 run and from Goosebumps Series 2000.
Is Goosebumps HorrorLand finished?
Yes, the main line concluded in January 2011, followed directly by the related six-book Hall of Horrors continuation through 2012.
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