Fear Street Books in Order
R.L. Stine has written 161 Fear Street books, published between 1989 and 2019. The first book is The New Girl (1989) and the newest is Drop Dead Gorgeous (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 161
- Published
- 1989–2019
- Confirmed
- 161 of 161 titles
- Pages on record
- 24,385 in 151 of 161 books
- Reading time
- 406–610 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 24,385 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 151 of 161 titles with a page count on record.
Fear Street is a horror series for young readers by R.L. Stine, set around a street of that name where murders, hauntings and ghost stories keep recurring. The New Girl (1989) opens a run that reached 161 catalogued titles by 2019, split across Fear Street Super Chiller, the Fear Street Sagas, 99 Fear Street: The House of Evil, Ghosts of Fear Street, The Cataluna Chronicles and Fear Park. The books are short, at a median of 150 pages, and the run is listed as likely complete.
How many Fear Street books are there?
Fear Street has 161 books, released between 1989 and 2019.
Fear Street Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 161 Fear Street books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119891683/4
- 219891673/4
- 319891483/4
- 419901683/4
- 519901653/4
- 619901643/4
- 719901643/4
- 819901323/4
- 919901763/4
- 1019912153/4
- 1119912163/4
- 1219911653/4
- 1319911453/4
- 1419911633/4
- 1519911673/4
- 1619911633/4
- 17Cheerleaders: The First EvilFear Street Super Chiller: Cheerleaders #11992 · 166 pages · confirmed 3/419921663/4
- 18Cheerleaders: The Second EvilFear Street Super Chiller: Cheerleaders #21992 · 167 pages · confirmed 3/419921673/4
- 19Cheerleaders: The Third EvilFear Street Super Chiller: Cheerleaders #31992 · 165 pages · confirmed 3/419921653/4
- 2019922163/4
- 211992–3/4
- 2219921673/4
- 231992–3/4
- 2419921473/4
- 2519931613/4
- 2619931473/4
- 2719931793/4
- 2819932243/4
- 291993–3/4
- 3019931833/4
- 3119931523/4
- 3219931503/4
- 3319941483/4
- 3419941473/4
- 3519941633/4
- 3619941993/4
- 3719941953/4
- 3819941503/4
- 3919941493/4
- 4019941483/4
- 4119941603/4
- 4219941483/4
- 4319941633/4
- 4419941483/4
- 451995–3/4
- 4619951513/4
- 4719951503/4
- 4819951223/4
- 4919951213/4
- 5019951473/4
- 5119951933/4
- 5219951653/4
- 5319951463/4
- 5419951473/4
- 5519951603/4
- 5619951603/4
- 5719951473/4
- 5819951453/4
- 5919961663/4
- 6019961503/4
- 6119961493/4
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- 6319961473/4
- 6419961763/4
- 6519961203/4
- 6619961603/4
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- 6919961123/4
- 7019961073/4
- 7119961233/4
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- 7319961053/4
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- 7619961063/4
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- 8019961453/4
- 8119961503/4
- 8219961453/4
- 8319961473/4
- 841996–3/4
- 8519961473/4
- 861996–3/4
- 8719971653/4
- 8819971483/4
- 9019971503/4
- 9119971483/4
- 9219971603/4
- 9319971763/4
- 9419971463/4
- 9519971633/4
- 9619971443/4
- 9719971443/4
- 9819971093/4
- 9919971083/4
- 10019971303/4
- 10119971053/4
- 10219971123/4
- 10319971083/4
- 10419971093/4
- 10519971063/4
- 10619971083/4
- 10719971333/4
- 10819971453/4
- 10919971493/4
- 11019971603/4
- 11119971323/4
- 11219971323/4
- 11319971473/4
- 11419971473/4
- 11519971483/4
- 11619971463/4
- 11719982053/4
- 11819981843/4
- 11919981563/4
- 1201998–3/4
- 12119981763/4
- 1221998–3/4
- 12319981763/4
- 12419981513/4
- 12519981553/4
- 12619981523/4
- 12719982083/4
- 12819981113/4
- 12919981123/4
- 13019981173/4
- 13119981113/4
- 13219981173/4
- 13319981163/4
- 13419981143/4
- 13519981113/4
- 13619981283/4
- 13719991573/4
- 13819991283/4
- 13919991483/4
- 14019992043/4
- 14119991483/4
- 1421999–3/4
- 14319992083/4
- 14419991843/4
- 14519992083/4
- 14619992083/4
- 14719991813/4
- 14819991813/4
- 1491999–3/4
- 15020051603/4
- 15120051833/4
- 15220051823/4
- 15320142773/4
- 15420152983/4
- 15520152613/4
- 15620162643/4
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- 16020183363/4
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Fear Street Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Fear Street books run from The New Girl (1989) to Drop Dead Gorgeous (2019), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Fear Street in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Fear Street books in order?
You should read the Fear Street books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Fear Street book also stands alone.
What order should you read Fear Street books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with The New Girl (1989), the earliest published title. After it come The Surprise Party (1989), The Overnight (1989), Missing (1990) and The Wrong Number (1990); the numbered table above continues from there.
What is the newest Fear Street book?
Drop Dead Gorgeous (2019) is the newest Fear Street book released so far.
Is there a new Fear Street book coming?
No next Fear Street book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Fear Street at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Fear Street title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Fear Street books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 24,385 pages across the 151 of 161 books with a recorded length, a median of 150 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Fear Street books, 146 of 161, were published in the 1990s.
What the Fear Street books are about
158 of the 161 Fear Street books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: horror is tagged on 117 of 158. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Horror 117 of 158 books
- Children's fiction 108 of 158 books
- CollectionID:FSGhosts 33 of 158 books
- Ghosts 17 of 158 books
- Mystery & detective 14 of 158 books
- Murder 12 of 158 books
- CollectionID:FSChiller 11 of 158 books
- CollectionID:FSSeniors 11 of 158 books
More books by R.L. Stine
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- R.L. Stine books in order 589 books