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Goosebumps Series 2000
The Goosebumps Series 2000 series by R. L. Stine has 24 known books (24 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Cry of the Cat (1997).
- Books
- 24 known books (24 novels)
- Published
- 24
- First published
- 1997
- Status
- completed
- Shelved under
- Horror
- Last checked
Start here: Cry of the Cat (1997) — 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:
Cry of the Cat
Cry of the Cat, written by R. L. Stine, opens the Goosebumps Series 2000 in December 1997 at 119 pages -- the relaunch Stine built after the original Goosebumps run's 62 books in five years, with sharper scares and a recurring, nastier Slappy the dummy.
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Bride of the Living Dummy
Bride of the Living Dummy, written by R. L. Stine, is the second entry in the Goosebumps Series 2000, released in January 1998 and the longest book in the line at 144 pages, part of a relaunch where Slappy became a recurring menace rather than a one-off villain.
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Creature Teacher
Published in February 1998, Creature Teacher is number 3 in the Goosebumps Series 2000 at 125 pages, keeping to the relaunched line's formula of middle-grade kids running into a fresh monster each volume, with endings that occasionally leave a thread dangling.
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Invasion of the Body Squeezers
Invasion of the Body Squeezers, written by R. L. Stine, is the fourth book in the Goosebumps Series 2000, published in March 1998 at 120 pages, continuing the sharper-edged scares that set this relaunch apart from the original Goosebumps run.
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I Am Your Evil Twin
I Am Your Evil Twin, a 1998 novel by R. L. Stine at 124 pages, sits at #6 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Invasion of the Body Squeezers II and Revenge R Us -- one more standalone scare in the relaunched line.
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Revenge R Us
Revenge R Us, published in 1998 at 118 pages, is entry #7 in Goosebumps Series 2000, following I Am Your Evil Twin and preceding Fright Camp in a relaunch that let its monsters get nastier and its endings occasionally stay unresolved.
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Fright Camp
Fright Camp, published in 1998 at 122 pages, sits at #8 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Revenge R Us and Are You Terrified Yet?, part of R.L. Stine's 1998-99 relaunch of the Goosebumps brand.
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Are You Terrified Yet?
Are You Terrified Yet?, a 1998 novel by R. L. Stine at 112 pages, sits at #9 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Fright Camp and Headless Halloween, continuing the relaunched line's standalone, monster-of-the-book formula.
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Headless Halloween
Headless Halloween, published in 1998 at 114 pages, sits at #10 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Are You Terrified Yet? and Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls, part of R.L. Stine's sharper-scared 1990s relaunch.
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Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls
Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls, published in 1998 at 121 pages, sits at #11 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Headless Halloween and Brain Juice -- another standalone entry in R.L. Stine's relaunched line.
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Brain Juice
Brain Juice, a 1998 novel by R. L. Stine at 128 pages, is entry #12 in Goosebumps Series 2000, between Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls and Return to HorrorLand, part of the relaunch that followed the original series' 62-book run.
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Return to HorrorLand
Return to HorrorLand, published in 1998 at 120 pages, is entry #13 in Goosebumps Series 2000, between Brain Juice and Jekyll and Heidi -- one title in R.L. Stine's post-1997 relaunch of the Goosebumps brand.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Return to HorrorLand - Book 13:
Jekyll and Heidi
Jekyll and Heidi, a 1999 novel by R. L. Stine at 117 pages, sits at #14 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Return to HorrorLand and Scream School, continuing the relaunched line's standalone scares.
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Scream School
Scream School, a 1999 novel by R. L. Stine at 134 pages, sits at #15 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Jekyll and Heidi and The Mummy Walks, part of the sharper-edged relaunch that followed the original Goosebumps run.
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The Mummy Walks
The Mummy Walks, published in 1999 at 121 pages, is entry #16 in Goosebumps Series 2000, between Scream School and The Werewolf in the Living Room -- another standalone monster tale in R.L. Stine's relaunched line.
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The Werewolf in the Living Room
The Werewolf in the Living Room, published in 1999 at 120 pages, is entry #17 in Goosebumps Series 2000, between The Mummy Walks and Horrors of the Black Ring, continuing the relaunch's formula of a fresh monster each volume.
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Horrors of the Black Ring
Horrors of the Black Ring, published in 1999 at 108 pages, sits at #18 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between The Werewolf in the Living Room and Return to Ghost Camp, part of R.L. Stine's post-1997 relaunch.
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Return to Ghost Camp
Return to Ghost Camp, published in 1999 at 112 pages, sits at #19 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Horrors of the Black Ring and Be Afraid -- Be Very Afraid!, continuing the relaunched line's standalone scares.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Return to Ghost Camp - Book 19:
Be Afraid - Be Very Afraid!
Be Afraid - Be Very Afraid!, a 1999 novel by R. L. Stine at 128 pages, sits at #20 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Return to Ghost Camp and The Haunted Car, part of R.L. Stine's sharper, occasionally unresolved-ending relaunch.
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The Haunted Car
The Haunted Car, written by R. L. Stine, is number 21 in the Goosebumps Series 2000, released in August 1999 at 128 pages, another standalone entry as the relaunched line neared its close.
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Full Moon Fever
Full Moon Fever is the twenty-second entry in the Goosebumps Series 2000, published in September 1999 at 121 pages, written by R. L. Stine as the relaunched line's run wound toward its final titles.
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Slappy's Nightmare
Slappy's Nightmare is number 23 in the Goosebumps Series 2000, published in October 1999 at 120 pages, bringing the relaunch's recurring menace Slappy the dummy back for one of the line's later entries.
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Earth Geeks Must Go!
Earth Geeks Must Go!, published in 1999 at 126 pages, sits at #24 in Goosebumps Series 2000's reading order, between Slappy's Nightmare and Ghost in the Mirror, near the close of R.L. Stine's late-1990s relaunch.
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Ghost in the Mirror
Ghost in the Mirror, written by R. L. Stine, is the twenty-fifth and final book covered here in the Goosebumps Series 2000, released in December 1999 at 116 pages, closing out the relaunch that followed the original 1992-97 Goosebumps run.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Ghost in the Mirror
About the Goosebumps Series 2000 series
By 1998 the original Goosebumps run had produced 62 books in five years, and R.L. Stine relaunched the brand under a new name for a new decade: Goosebumps Series 2000. The scares got a notch sharper -- Slappy the dummy became a recurring menace rather than a one-off villain, monsters got nastier, and endings occasionally left a thread dangling instead of tying up neatly, a departure from the original series' insistence on a clean final twist.
The line still delivered the same formula that made Goosebumps a phenomenon: middle-grade kids running into evil twins, body-squeezing aliens, cursed rings and vengeful ghosts, told in short chapters that each ended on a cliffhanger. Some entries directly continued original-series ideas -- Return to HorrorLand and Return to Ghost Camp are sequels to earlier Goosebumps books, and Slappy's Nightmare deepened the living-dummy mythology that would come to define the brand.
Series 2000 was cut short. Stine and packager Parachute Press had planned a 40-book run, but a rights dispute with Scholastic ended the line at 25 books in December 1999, making it the shortest of the numbered Goosebumps lines. It nonetheless stands as the direct bridge between the classic original series and the 2008 HorrorLand relaunch that followed nearly a decade later.
Frequently asked questions
How many books are in Goosebumps Series 2000?
25 books, published from Cry of the Cat (Dec 1997) through Ghost in the Mirror (Dec 1999). A planned 40-book run was cut short by a rights dispute between packager Parachute Press and Scholastic.
What order should I read Goosebumps Series 2000 in?
Publication order is the traditional way through, though nearly every book is a standalone story with a new cast, so you can start anywhere. Return to HorrorLand and Return to Ghost Camp are loose sequels to specific original-series books but don't require reading those first.
Is Goosebumps Series 2000 connected to the original Goosebumps series?
Yes -- it's R.L. Stine's direct relaunch of the same brand, published 1997-1999 after the original 62-book series concluded, with two entries (Return to HorrorLand, Return to Ghost Camp) that are direct sequels to earlier Goosebumps titles.
Why did Goosebumps Series 2000 only run 25 books?
A licensing dispute between the book's packager, Parachute Press, and publisher Scholastic ended the line early; 40 books had originally been planned.
Is Goosebumps Series 2000 finished?
Yes, it concluded in December 1999. R.L. Stine returned to the Goosebumps brand again in 2008 with the HorrorLand relaunch.
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