<P> This is a list of books from the Goosebumps book series written by R.L. Stine and published by Scholastic . The first book, Welcome to Dead House was published in July 1992 . Various spin - off series were written by Stine, including Goosebumps Series 2000 (published from 1998 to 2000), Goosebumps Gold (which was never released), Give Yourself Goosebumps (1995 to 2000), Goosebumps HorrorLand (2008 to 2012) and Goosebumps Most Wanted (2012 to 2016). More than 400 million Goosebumps books have been sold, making it the bestselling series of all time for several years . At one point, Goosebumps sold 4 million books a month . A movie based on the books came out October 16, 2015 . </P> <P> A few titles are now out - of - print, but most of the original series books (all but five: 24, 47, 60, 61 and 62) were reprinted by Scholastic between September 2003 and June 2007 . In addition, 22 books were reissued from May 2008 to November 2011 as part of the Classic Goosebumps series to accompany the Goosebumps HorrorLand series . </P>

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