The first book, the new girl was published in 1989. R l stine rl stine is a novelist and short story writer best known for his young adult horror fiction, including the fear street and goosebumps series. All 62 original goosebumps books ranked from best to worst geek. As of 2008, stines books have sold over 400 million copies. Stine was also rated as the number one bestselling author for three consecutive years from 1990, by usa today. Stine is most famous for his goosebumps books, but theres a lot more to this prolific author than his scary.
Stine when you shop the largest online selection at. Stine said he started writing when he was 9 years old and has written about 350 books in his career. I guess you can say that i love scaring people here are the book lists. Stine also won the thriller writers of america silver bullet award and the horror writers association lifetime achievement award. Stine is an extremely prolific author who written well over 400 books and has sold as many as 400 million books as of 2008. During the 1990s, stine was listed on people weekly s most intriguing people list. Nov 23, 2015 goosebumps stories adapted into spinetingling immersive performance. Rl stine was called as the bestselling author by usa today in 1990s for three consecutive years. Stine were basically a rite of passage while growing up, and it was a requirement that you understood those references to deadly cameras or evil piano teachers.
Goosebumps is a series of childrens horror fiction novels by american author r. His books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide as of 2008, landing on many bestseller lists. However believable his plots seem to his readers, stine insists he has never lived one of his stories. Returning to stines books as an adult, it is a bit hard to say exactly what it was that. Jan 01, 2016 116 of over 1,000 results for rl stine books skip to main search results amazon prime. Stine in this lively take on the hit ya horrorlite books. Various spinoff series were written, including the fear street sagas and ghosts of fear street. He has received numerous awards, some of notable ones include the disney adventures kids choice award and the nickelodeon kids choice award, three times each. Returning to stine s books as an adult, it is a bit hard to say exactly what it was that. Stines teen horror series returns with all new books. Stine s hugely successful young adult horror series fear street is back with the first new book in almost 2 decades. Alvin steadfast on vernacular island hardcover book with edward gorey illustrations 1979.
Stine has probably kept you up at night with his books. He became one of the most famous authors in the world and has written over three hundred books over the course of his career. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The magazine was published by scholastic press, which gave 72 issues starting from 1975. He had received disney adventures kids choice award for best bookmysteryhorror for three times. Many of the goosebumps books remain entertaining today. In fact, his goosebumps series, with titles and still growing, turns 25 this year. Jack black appeared onscreen as a fictionalized version of author rl stine in. Goosebumps cast a spell upon children by transforming even the most reluctant students into avid readers. Stine has described himself as a fearful child among his two siblings and said that it was her mother who read the first horror book him and that inspired him to write mostly horror fiction novels and became a specialist in that genre.
More than 80 million fear street books have been sold as of 2003. Stine is best known as the author of the popular 1990s book series. In 1986, he wrote his first teen horror novel, blind date. Oct 16, 2017 best known for his series of goosebumps books for kids, stine has been writing scary stories for over 30 years and has 330 published titles to his credit. Stine 1990s, spooky, young adult, teen horror, vintage, thriller. Great savings free delivery collection on many items.
Smoke free all have been read shipped with usps free. A series of scary anthology stories based on the childrens books by r. Stine, a gossip girl novel, and a previouslycovered story, and tango makes three. This is a list of books from the goosebumps book series written by r. Stine, who is often called the stephen king of childrens literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the goosebumps, rotten school, mostly ghostly. A couple years later, he created the fear street series and then goosebumps. Robert lawrence stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of one of the bestselling childrens authors in history. Stine started his career as a writer by writing humor books for kids and created the humor magazine bananas.
Since this book was first published in 1990 our characters are enthralled by a housephone that actually allows you to program speed dial numbers. Stine has more than 41 million copies of his fear street books in print usa today ranks r. Stine s hundreds of horror novels, plus joke books and game books have sold over 400 million copies. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. This book, the dead lifeguard, is in my absolute favorite. Being reminded of them the other day, i decided to pick up a couple from th. Rl stine on fear street, young adult fiction, and why he. List of all the fear street books fear street wiki fandom. Stine and jovial bob stine, is an american novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. In the early 1990s, stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the bestselling goosebumps series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia. Jul 12, 2017 if you grew up in the united states in the 1990s, chances are you came across the goosebumps books. The success and popularity of stine s books and this series, saw two feature mores in 2016 and 2018.
Stine, american novelist who was best known for his horror books for children, including the goosebumps, fear street, rotten school, and the nightmare room series. The first book, welcome to dead house, was published in july 1992. Stines horror series fear streetwhich featured ghosts, vampires, and killer cheerleaders, not to mention illustrated covers. I do remember reading sun burned or something like that and literally getting. The cheerleading squad at shadyside has always been strong, but now there are rumors that lack of funds may mean the end of cheerleading at shadyside. And of course, because he writes scary books, stine is no stranger to censorship. Occassionally there would be mentions of characters who had previously appeared, but generally those who survived fear. The dead girlfriend rl stine page 1 of 1 previous next page. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands. In three consecutive years during the 1990s, usa today named stine as americas number one bestselling author.
These stories tended to be a single tale surrounding the cursed fear street. Robert lawrence stine sometimes known as jovial bob stine and eric affabee, is an american. Stine complete series list your guide to fiction books. His works avoided seriously threatening topics and instead delivered to kids a safe scare. Aug 06, 2019 at one point, his goosebumps books were selling four million copies a month. After graduating from ohio state university, stine wrote joke and humor books for 10 years. Stine became a published fiction author in 1981 with the novel gnasty gnomes. Stine has 1065 books on goodreads with 1776669 ratings. Stine co parachute publishing 157 columbus avenue room 518 new york, ny 10023.
Oct, 2015 all 62 original goosebumps books ranked from best to worst. The magazine was published specially for the teenagers and stine was the editor as well as the writer for most of the writings. Dotty griffith, of the aclu of texas, acknowledged that, censorship of young adult books is concerning because these books motivate youth to read, improve literacy levels, and drive interest in literature. This is a list of books from the fear street book series created and written by r.
Stine was born robert lawrence stine in columbus, ohio, on october 8, 1943. Stine books in publication order and chronological order. Oct 28, 2019 in that farflung time known as the 1990s, no author was getting kids more into reading than r. The dead boyfriend when caitlin starts seeing colin, she throws herself. Rare goosebumps collectibles figures complete lot of 6. Lot of 2 rare 1990s antioch goosebumps journal and address books.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. During the 1990s, stine was listed on people weeklys most intriguing people. Stines books in order of when they were originally published and in chronological order. Goosebumps and censorship intellectual freedom blog.
The series covered many different types of scary tales, including ghosts, giant creatures, zombies, haunted houses, and much more. Steins goosebumps goosebumps is a horror fiction book series created in the 1990s for tweens and teens. Considered the king of youngadult ya horror fiction he remembers being described as a literary training bra for stephen king stine is best known as the author of the popular 1990s. Stine was very popular in the 1990s, earning the title of bestselling author in america for. Stines delightfully sinister, subversive world, whether theyre teens experiencing his spooky stories for the first time, millennials for whom his books figure prominently in their misty memories of 1990s childhoods or anyone whos checked out his hilariously weird twitter feed. Heres a list of ten of the best, along with a few that stine might have wanted to rewrite, if only hed had the time to do so. Well, i finally put the lists together but now im in shock. Teen horror books my favorite kind of books, even as an adult. In that farflung time known as the 1990s, no author was getting kids more into reading than r. But while hes best known for goosebumps, hes back to freaking out teenagers with fear street. Stine goosebumps books 1990s scholastic apple fiction.
So i used to be obsessed with rl stine, and i remember sitting in my moms walk in closet at night reading his books and being terrified. Following a terrifying visit to her bedroom window by the fear street prowler, melissa discovers that she is being victimized by an unseen spirit that wants to cause her harm. I was probably about 9 then, but i remember thinking they were the scariest things. With more than 80 million copies sold around the world, fear street is one of the bestselling young adult series of all time. Stine books horror for children and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Stine, which later led to a live action television series that included fortythree adaptations of. The stories follow child characters, who find themselves in scary situations, usually involving monsters and other supernatural elements.