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Corbiizy and Corethulhu's Goosebumps Tier List

Reader beware! My bud Corbiizy and I are working our way through all 62 of the original series Goosebumps novellas by R.L. Stine. With it, we're aiming to cut a ranked tier list with our brief impressions of each of them.

Last updated March '25. Stay tuned for more!

What Qualifies?

Currently, we are only including titles from the "original series" of 62 books published between 1992 and 1997 in this tier list.

We'll ensure to post a notice if this decision is altered.

The Tier List​

'Ere be the tier list. An important note here is that the rankings of these novellas are relative only within the scope of the others in the "original series" set. An A tier item here should not be equated to an A tier item of other literary works, be they other Goosebumps titles or otherwise.

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#16 One Day at HorrorLand (1994)

No pinching!
B
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C
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#39 How I Got My Shrunken Head (1996)

Ka-lee-ah!
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#7 Night of the Living Dummy (1993)

You mean Mr. Wood?
D
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F
There are currently no 'F' tier items.
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#4 Say Cheese and Die! (1992)

To be read...
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#11 The Haunted Mask (1993)

To be read...

The Current TBR​

The following is a list of all 62 "original series" novellas and checkmarks tracking our progress on conquering them all.

  1. ☐ Welcome to Dead House (1992)
  2. ☐ Stay Out of the Basement (1992)
  3. ☐ Monster Blood (1992)
  4. ☐ Say Cheese and Die! (1992)
  5. ☐ The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (1993)
  6. ☐ Let’s Get Invisible! (1993)
  7. 🗹 Night of the Living Dummy (1993)
  8. ☐ The Girl Who Cried Monster (1993)
  9. ☐ Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1993)
  10. ☐ The Ghost Next Door (1993)
  11. ☐ The Haunted Mask (1993)
  12. ☐ Be Careful What You Wish For... (1993)
  13. ☐ Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (1993)
  14. ☐ The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1993)
  15. ☐ You Can't Scare Me! (1994)
  16. 🗹 One Day at HorrorLand (1994)
  17. ☐ Why I'm Afraid of Bees (1994)
  18. ☐ Monster Blood II (1994)
  19. ☐ Deep Trouble (1994)
  20. ☐ The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (1994)
  21. ☐ Go Eat Worms! (1994)
  22. ☐ Ghost Beach (1994)
  23. ☐ Return of the Mummy (1994)
  24. ☐ Phantom of the Auditorium (1994)
  25. ☐ Attack of the Mutant (1994)
  26. ☐ My Hairiest Adventure (1994)
  27. ☐ A Night in Terror Tower (1995)
  28. ☐ The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (1995)
  29. ☐ Monster Blood III (1995)
  30. ☐ It Came from Beneath the Sink! (1995)
  31. ☐ Night of the Living Dummy II (1995)
  32. ☐ The Barking Ghost (1995)
  33. ☐ The Horror at Camp Jellyjam (1995)
  34. ☐ Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (1995)
  35. ☐ A Shocker on Shock Street (1995)
  36. ☐ The Haunted Mask II (1995)
  37. ☐ The Headless Ghost (1995)
  38. ☐ The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena (1995)
  39. 🗹 How I Got My Shrunken Head (1996)
  40. ☐ Night of the Living Dummy III (1996)
  41. ☐ Bad Hare Day (1996)
  42. ☐ Egg Monsters from Mars (1996)
  43. ☐ The Beast from the East (1996)
  44. ☐ Say Cheese and Die—Again! (1996)
  45. ☐ Ghost Camp (1996)
  46. ☐ How to Kill a Monster (1996)
  47. ☐ Legend of the Lost Legend (1996)
  48. ☐ Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (1996)
  49. ☐ Vampire Breath (1996)
  50. ☐ Calling All Creeps! (1996)
  51. ☐ Beware, the Snowman (1997)
  52. ☐ How I Learned to Fly (1997)
  53. ☐ Chicken Chicken (1997)
  54. ☐ Don't Go to Sleep! (1997)
  55. ☐ The Blob That Ate Everyone (1997)
  56. ☐ The Curse of Camp Cold Lake (1997)
  57. ☐ My Best Friend Is Invisible (1997)
  58. ☐ Deep Trouble II (1997)
  59. ☐ The Haunted School (1997)
  60. ☐ Werewolf Skin (1997)
  61. ☐ I Live in Your Basement! (1997)
  62. ☐ Monster Blood IV (1997)

Final note, a big thank you to the openlibrary.org cover image API (here) which is put to good use in the tier items above.