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Books like Goosebumps Most Wanted: 9 series to read next

Goosebumps Most Wanted is horror, set in contemporary, eerie in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.

Goosebumps Most Wanted is 14 books, 2012–2016.

“Even after a fresh start in a new neighborhood, he keeps finding himself in bad situations.”
from the catalogue description of Planet of the Lawn Gnomes

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Jerusalem's Lot
Small Spaces
Spooksville
Bone Chillers
Deadtime Stories
Southern Reach Trilogy
Johnny Dixon and the Professor
Seasons of Horror
Coraline

Jerusalem's LotSeries

seriesStephen King3 books1975

Dark in tone, about vampires and grief and loss.

“Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”
from the catalogue description

Start with 'Salem's Lot →

Small SpacesSeries

seriesKatherine Arden4 books2018

Horror and ghost stories, eerie and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Small Spaces →

SpooksvilleSeries

seriesChristopher Pike24 books1995

Horror, set in contemporary and small town.

“Although intended for a younger audience than his adult and young adult literature, they contain some violence and may be considered unsuitable for younger children.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Secret Path →

Bone ChillersSeries

seriesBetsy Haynes, David Bergantino, Daniel Ehrenhaft, Gene Hult, Dahlia Kosinski, Elizabeth Winfrey, Michael Burgan, Ryan Chipman & Sherry Shahan23 books1994

Horror, set in contemporary and our world.

Start with Beware the Shopping Mall →

Deadtime StoriesSeries

seriesAnnette Cascone & Gina Cascone6 books2012

Horror, eerie in tone, set in contemporary.

“The scary old lady who lives next door has lots of buried secrets.”
from the catalogue description of Grave Secrets

Start with Grave Secrets →

Southern Reach TrilogySeries

seriesJeff VanderMeer4 books2014

Science fiction and weird fiction, about madness.

“In 2013, Paramount Pictures bought the movie rights for the series, and a film adaptation of Annihilation was made with Alex Garland as writer-director.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with Annihilation →

Johnny Dixon and the ProfessorSeries

seriesJohn Bellairs & Brad Strickland13 books1983

Gothic.

“In each book, 12-year-old Johnny and his group of friends face and overcome evil forces usually bent on ending the world.”
from the catalogue description
Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0

Start with The Curse of the Blue Figurine →

Seasons of HorrorSeries

seriesDan Simmons7 books1990

Horror, eerie in tone, set in north america.

Start with Summer of Night →

CoralineSeries

seriesNeil Gaiman & P. Craig Russell2 books2002

Portal fantasy and gothic, set in parallel universe.

“The Guardian ranked Coraline #82 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.”
from the catalogue description

Start with Coraline →

Why these

No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.

Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.

Questions readers ask

What should I read after Goosebumps Most Wanted?: Jerusalem's Lot — the closest match to Goosebumps Most Wanted on what it is about, not on what sells.
Where do I start with Goosebumps Most Wanted?: Planet of the Lawn Gnomes. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Goosebumps Most Wanted.
How big is Goosebumps Most Wanted?: Goosebumps Most Wanted is 14 books, 2012–2016.

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