
Robert Lawrence Stine
8 October 1943
980 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Robert Lawrence Stine, known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American writer. Stine, who is often called the "Stephen King of Children's literature," is the author of hundreds of horror fiction novels, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Fear Street series. Some of his lesser-known works include a Space Cadets trilogy, two Hark gamebooks, a two-part novel The Beast and dozens of joke books.<sup>1</sup>
Also published as: R.L. Stine, R L Stine, Jovial Bob Stine, Eric Affabee, R. L. Stine, Bob Stine
Most-read books

Welcome to Dead House
4.2 · 1992 · 545 want to read

The New Girl
4 · 1989 · 515 want to read

Say Cheese and Die!
4 · 1992 · 389 want to read

Goosebumps - Vanishing collection
4.5 · 2004 · 336 want to read

Goosebumps - Deep Trouble
3.1 · 1994 · 346 want to read

The Sleepwalker
3.9 · 1990 · 257 want to read

Fear Street - Sunburn
3.9 · 1993 · 252 want to read

Fear Street - The Overnight
2.9 · 1989 · 259 want to read

Monster Blood
3.5 · 1992 · 256 want to read

Lights Out
3.9 · 1991 · 240 want to read

The Stepsister
4.2 · 1990 · 242 want to read

Haunted
4 · 1990 · 250 want to read

The Prom Queen
4.3 · 1992 · 247 want to read

Fear Street - One Evil Summer
3.9 · 1982 · 219 want to read

Night of the Living Dummy
4.4 · 1993 · 217 want to read

Vampire Breath
4.2 · 1996 · 208 want to read

Fear Street - Ski Weekend
4.4 · 1991 · 184 want to read

Fear Street - The Wrong Number
4.3 · 1990 · 192 want to read

Fear Street - The Knife
3.8 · 1991 · 193 want to read

The Haunted Mask
3.7 · 1993 · 184 want to read

Fear Street - Halloween Party
4.4 · 1990 · 180 want to read

Fear Street - Missing
2.7 · 1990 · 171 want to read

Fear Street - First Date
4 · 1992 · 170 want to read

Fear Street Fear Park - The First Scream
3.9 · 1996 · 180 want to read