I’ve put the year each one started, where to begin, and the age it suits now, which isn’t always the age we were when we read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What counts as a book series from the 90s<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I’ve kept the five cards to series that began between 1990 and 1999. That rules out a few that every 90s child read, because they were written long before. Roald Dahl, Charlotte’s Web and The Worst Witch are further down for that reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Goosebumps began in 1992 and ran to sixty-two books by 1997. We have the first twenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five book series from the 90s to read now<\/h2>\n\n\n\nHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling<\/h3>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1714381945_81q77Q39nEL._AC_UF8941000_QL80_-196x300.jpg\")
<\/div>Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone<\/p>
J.K. Rowling<\/span><\/span>Age 11<\/span><\/span>Magic<\/span><\/div><\/div>›<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\nFirst published in June 1997, and it’s one of our free books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry sleeps in a cupboard while his cousin Dudley has two bedrooms. He’s used to being blamed for things. Then a letter arrives with his name on it, from someone who knows exactly where he sleeps, and Uncle Vernon is VERY keen to make sure Harry never gets to read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have all seven. The first sits at 11 in the app. His relatives shut him away and withhold meals, and the death of his parents is part of the opening. The later books get darker, and my what age are the Harry Potter books for<\/a> guide goes through them one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHorrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Francesca Simon<\/h3>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ebookupload-1659957619379.png\")
<\/div>Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy<\/p>
Francesca Simon<\/span><\/span>Age 6<\/span><\/span>Funny<\/span><\/div><\/div>›<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\nThe first Horrid Henry book came out in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everybody in the class has lost a tooth except Henry. Rude Ralph has lost four and can now spit right across the classroom to the blackboard. Then his little brother Perfect Peter opens his hand, and there it is. A tooth. Henry’s first move is to accuse him of colouring it in with black crayon. His second move is to grab it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sixteen Horrid Henry books, all for 6 year olds, and each is three or four short stories that start and finish in a sitting. Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire<\/a> is free. Henry does properly horrid things in these and mostly gets away with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine<\/h3>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ebookupload-1704367250361-207x300.jpeg\")
<\/div>Goosebumps 14 – The Werewolf of Fever Swamp<\/p>
R. L. Stine<\/span><\/span>Age 8<\/span><\/span>Scary<\/span><\/div><\/div>›<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\nGoosebumps number 14, from December 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grady is twelve, and his scientist parents have moved the family from Vermont to the edge of a Florida swamp. On their very first walk he and his sister get lost and find a hut hidden in the trees. A wild-haired man bursts out of it and follows them. At night, when the moon is almost full, something howls out in the swamp and scratches at the kitchen door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chapter after chapter ends on a scream, and the next one starts by showing you it was only a tree root. We have the first twenty Goosebumps, all for 8 year olds. Number one is Welcome to Dead House<\/a>, from July 1992. Amanda’s family move into an old house in a town called Dark Falls, where dead leaves cover the front garden in the middle of July. After those, my books like Goosebumps<\/a> list is where to go next.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine<\/h3>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788769984_6a9e76c0999c0-194x300.jpg\")
<\/div>The Diary of a Killer Cat<\/p>
Anne Fine<\/span><\/span>Age 8<\/span><\/span>Funny<\/span><\/div><\/div>›<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\nFrom 1994, and short enough to read in one sitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuffy lives with Ellie and her mum and dad. On Monday he brings a dead bird in and leaves it on the carpet. By Thursday he’s hauled next-door’s rabbit into the house, and Thumper is VERY dead. It’s Tuffy’s diary, and every day he’s got an excuse. Instead of owning up to the neighbours, Ellie’s parents wash the rabbit in a bucket and have Ellie blow-dry him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five Killer Cat books, all for 8 year olds, and The Return of the Killer Cat<\/a> is another of them. The whole joke rests on dead animals. Nothing is gory, but a very soft-hearted animal lover might end up on Ellie’s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong<\/h3>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/readingmate.co.uk\/littlereads\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ebookupload-1659684572352-197x300.jpeg\")
<\/div>The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog<\/p>
<\/div>Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone<\/p>
First published in June 1997, and it’s one of our free books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harry sleeps in a cupboard while his cousin Dudley has two bedrooms. He’s used to being blamed for things. Then a letter arrives with his name on it, from someone who knows exactly where he sleeps, and Uncle Vernon is VERY keen to make sure Harry never gets to read it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have all seven. The first sits at 11 in the app. His relatives shut him away and withhold meals, and the death of his parents is part of the opening. The later books get darker, and my what age are the Harry Potter books for<\/a> guide goes through them one by one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy<\/p> The first Horrid Henry book came out in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everybody in the class has lost a tooth except Henry. Rude Ralph has lost four and can now spit right across the classroom to the blackboard. Then his little brother Perfect Peter opens his hand, and there it is. A tooth. Henry’s first move is to accuse him of colouring it in with black crayon. His second move is to grab it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sixteen Horrid Henry books, all for 6 year olds, and each is three or four short stories that start and finish in a sitting. Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire<\/a> is free. Henry does properly horrid things in these and mostly gets away with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Goosebumps 14 – The Werewolf of Fever Swamp<\/p> Goosebumps number 14, from December 1993.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grady is twelve, and his scientist parents have moved the family from Vermont to the edge of a Florida swamp. On their very first walk he and his sister get lost and find a hut hidden in the trees. A wild-haired man bursts out of it and follows them. At night, when the moon is almost full, something howls out in the swamp and scratches at the kitchen door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chapter after chapter ends on a scream, and the next one starts by showing you it was only a tree root. We have the first twenty Goosebumps, all for 8 year olds. Number one is Welcome to Dead House<\/a>, from July 1992. Amanda’s family move into an old house in a town called Dark Falls, where dead leaves cover the front garden in the middle of July. After those, my books like Goosebumps<\/a> list is where to go next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Diary of a Killer Cat<\/p> From 1994, and short enough to read in one sitting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tuffy lives with Ellie and her mum and dad. On Monday he brings a dead bird in and leaves it on the carpet. By Thursday he’s hauled next-door’s rabbit into the house, and Thumper is VERY dead. It’s Tuffy’s diary, and every day he’s got an excuse. Instead of owning up to the neighbours, Ellie’s parents wash the rabbit in a bucket and have Ellie blow-dry him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Five Killer Cat books, all for 8 year olds, and The Return of the Killer Cat<\/a> is another of them. The whole joke rests on dead animals. Nothing is gory, but a very soft-hearted animal lover might end up on Ellie’s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog<\/p>Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy by Francesca Simon<\/h3>\n\n\n
<\/div>The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R. L. Stine<\/h3>\n\n\n
<\/div>The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine<\/h3>\n\n\n
<\/div>The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog by Jeremy Strong<\/h3>\n\n\n
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