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40 Great Halloween Costume Ideas from Books

By Sarah Mecham

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If you’re still struggling to come up with a costume idea for this Halloween, then look no further than your bookshelves! You can get thousands of great costume ideas from books. All you need is a little creativity and thriftiness, and you can choose from countless original ideas. Don’t feel like you have to stick with the main characters from books to be recognized. You can also go with literal interpretations of the titles, fun side characters or creatures, or dress up as your own character from the novel style, or even just print out a large sized image of your favorite book and go as the book itself! Below are some books filled with fun costume ideas to inspire you right in time for the costume parties to start.

1. Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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2. Sherlock Holmes

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3. Pied Piper

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4. Lord of the Rings

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5. Jack and the Beanstalk

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6. The Grinch

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7. The Borrowers

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8. Alice in Wonderland

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9. Little Red Riding Hood

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10. Harry Potter

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11. Nevermore

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12. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

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13. Madeline

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14. Mary Poppins

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15. Pinocchio

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16. Goosebumps

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17. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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18. Pippi Longstocking

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19. Rosie Revere Engineer

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20. Humpty Dumpty

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21. Where the Wild Things Are

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22. The Invisible Man

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23. Hollow Monster

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24. The Paperbag Princess

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25. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

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26. The Magic School Bus
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27. Gone With the Wind

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28. The Great Gatsby

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29. The Hunger Games

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30. Paul Bunyan

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31. Rapunzel

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32. Three Blind Mice

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33. Fifty Shades of Gray

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34. The Princess and the Pea

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35. Nancy Drew

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36. Raggedy Ann

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37. Peter Pan

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38. Peanuts

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39. Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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40. Clifford the Big Red Dog

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What are some of your favorite and most clever costume ideas from books? Let us know in the comments below.

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  1. Carl Murdock
    Carl Murdock • 5 years ago

    Great ideas now I am going through my books to come up with a few for me

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