10 Books You Should Read If You Enjoyed The Goosebumps Series As A Kid

Two small children, Miles and Flora, are left in the care of a young and inexperienced governess. The children seem to have a mysterious connection with the ghosts living in the house. The governess sees a figure who happens to be none other than the dead Peter Quint, and he is back to get Miles. But is she the only one who is seeing the ghost? Is every story in this collection just a ghost story, or is there more to it than meets our eyes? 

An aging and self-absorbed rockstar called Judas Coyne has a thing for the macabre. When his assistant informs him about a ghost up for sale, he immediately purchases it. The black, heart-shaped box he receives comes with a vengeance-obsessed spirit. The spirit is the stepfather of a young woman who died by suicide after Coyne wronged her. Now begins the merciless assault of Coyne by a ghost who neither forgives nor forgets!

Charles Thomas Tester sells dangerous magic items to put food on the table. But then the unthinkable happens. He delivers an occult tome to a sorceress and earns the attention of things better left sleeping and undisturbed. A storm is about to encompass Brooklyn. Now the question is will our protagonist survive long enough to experience it?

This book is centered around a family get-together in Goa. The Fonseca family has gathered to celebrate Savio Fonseca’s 75th birthday. On his birthday eve, the power goes out, and the occasion calls for ghost stories. Soon the entire family starts sharing spooky stories revolving around the history of the Fonseca family. What secrets will unfold now that everyone has come together? 

A mysterious videotape comes bearing a scary message. If a specific act is not performed, the viewer will die after a week of watching it. Four teenagers die, one after another, exactly after a week from watching this video. A journalist named Asakawa sets out to investigate this case. Where will it lead him, and will he be able to get to the end of this case?

Lila is gone, leaving her twins, Miranda and Eliot, and her husband, Luc, with a heavy heart. Something is terribly wrong with their house, too, as generations of women have made a home out of it. Miranda can feel their presence, and as if things weren’t odd enough, she now has an appetite for chalk. One night she disappears completely, leaving the survivors to tell her story. This book has the right balance of gothic and modern and delves into themes of love, magic, and fear.

Belasco House has experienced unimaginable horrors. Earlier expeditions to uncover its secrets have never been fruitful. The participants always met with fatal outcomes like murder, suicide, or insanity. Now four strangers with their own reasons for putting their lives at stake want to investigate the goings-on of the house. Will they be successful, or will they perish like their predecessors?

In rural Warwickshire, Dr. Faraday, the son of a maid, has built a dignified life for himself. He is called to treat a patient at Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family, this house is not as glamorous anymore as it used to be. The current owners are struggling, but is a changing society the only thing they need to worry about? They are being haunted by something more sinister, and very soon, Dr. Faraday’s life will get intermingled with theirs.

This is a story of a young, amnesiac girl with inhuman needs and abilities. Oh wait, she is no girl! She is a genetically modified vampire in her 50s. But does being a vampire immunize her from all kinds of dangers? Or is there someone still out there trying to prey on her? This novel explores what’s it like to be human (or non-human) and will reel you in from the start.

What lies under the veneer of normalcy? What history does the bathtub have due to which people are terrified of getting in it? How is an ordinary-looking camera capable of unleashing the unexpected on its subjects? What repercussions does one need to face after losing a computer game? This may be a list of books like Goosebumps for adults, but this anthology of terrifying short stories can be enjoyed by every Goosebumps lover regardless of their age.