This is a list of books from the Fear Street book series created and written by R. L. Stine. The first book, The New Girl, was published in 1989. Various spin-off series were written, including the Fear Street Sagas and Ghosts of Fear Street. More than 80 million Fear Street books have been sold as of 2003.[1] The books appeared in many bestseller lists, including The New York Times Best Seller list for children,[2] USA Today bestseller list[3] and Publishers Weekly bestseller list,[4] and the series was listed as the bestselling young-adult book series of all time.[5]

Original Fear Street series

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New Fear Street

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A Fear Street Novel

Six new Fear Street books were published from September 2014 to April 2017. Give Me a K-I-L-L was the last contracted novel, but R.L. Stine confirmed via Twitter that more Fear Street books were planned.[6]

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Return To Fear Street

HarperCollins' HarperTEEN picked up the Fear Street series in 2018 with Return to Fear Street. The first novel in this series, You May Now Kill The Bride, was released in July 2018. This new series was released in paperback and also brought a return to the retro "pulp" style book covers.[7]

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Fear Street Super Chiller

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Fear Street Cheerleaders

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The Fear Street Saga

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99 Fear Street: The House of Evil

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Fear Street: The Cataluna Chronicles

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Fear Street: Fear Park

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Ghosts of Fear Street

Ghosts of Fear Street is a younger version of the Fear Street series, aimed at children ages 8 to 12. In every book, a 12-year-old child (sometimes with their friends or family) has a terrifying adventure in Fear Street, a small street in the town of Shadyside which is known by the kids in the books to have many ghosts and monsters. Every book has a different monster and child. The series was released by the Simon & Schuster imprint Aladdin Paperbacks, and lasted for thirty-six books, released from 1996 to 1998. In August 2009, Simon & Schuster, under their Children's Publishing imprint, began to reissue the books in special two-in-one editions.[8] Despite being published under Stine's name, the books were in fact ghostwritten.[9]

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Fear Street Sagas

The 16 books in this series were published by Simon Pulse and Golden Books from March 1996 to January 1999. Two other books, The Raven Woman and Carousel of Fear appeared on advertisements, but were never released. R. L. Stine confirmed via his official Twitter account that neither of these unpublished books were ever written.[10]

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Fear Street Seniors

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Fear Street Nights

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References

  1. ^ Gerasimo; Whiteley (2003), 295.
  2. ^ "Children's Best Sellers". The New York Times. 1994-05-22. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  3. ^ "Best-Selling Books Database". USA Today. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
  4. ^ Collins; Latham (1993), 146.
  5. ^ "Scholastic Launches Bone-Chilling New Book Series by World-wide Bestselling Author R.L. Stine – Goosebumps HorrorLand". Scholastic. 2008-01-21. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
  6. ^ R.L. Stine (17 November 2016). "@deathsonnets Yes, there are more planned.". No. 799234468896772097.
  7. ^ "R.L. Stine's New Fear Street Novel You May Now Kill the Bride Gets Awesome Retro Cover". Dread Central. March 2018.
  8. ^ "Online Bookstore: Books, NOOK ebooks, Music, Movies & Toys". Barnes & Noble
  9. ^ According to the copyright page, Emily James wrote book 1, while Stephen Roos wrote book 2.
  10. ^ "R.L. Stine on Twitter". Retrieved 2015-09-21.

Bibliography

  • Collins, Robert A.; Latham, Robert. Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991. Greenwood Publishing Group: 1993. ISBN 0-313-28326-5
  • Gerasimo, Luisa; Whiteley, Sandra. The Teacher's Calendar of Famous Birthdays. McGraw-Hill: 2003. ISBN 0-07-141230-1