Fear Street — Books timeline

when each title takes place

The original series (1989–1997)

The New GirlCory falls for Anna, the new girl at school, but nobody else seems to see her.

The Surprise PartyMeg plans a surprise party for a friend returning to town, and starts getting threats: cancel the party, or else.

The OvernightDella and her fellow Outdoors Club members realize someone is stalking them.

MissingAfter their parents go missing, Mark and Cara notice strange things around them, and the real fear begins.

The Wrong NumberA prank call dials the wrong number and catches a murderer's attention.

The SleepwalkerMayra suspects her new boss is a witch who has cast a spell to make her sleepwalk.

HauntedMelissa is scared by reports of a prowler and starts being tormented by a figure in her bedroom.

Halloween PartyThe scares at a Halloween party turn real when someone is murdered.

The StepsisterEmily tries to warm to her new stepsister Jessie until she reads her diary.

Ski WeekendThree friends get stranded in a blizzard and end up at a ski lodge whose hosts act sinister.

The Fire GameGabe, new to Shadyside, dares the neighborhood kids to prove their courage by setting fires.

Lights OutHolly, a junior counselor at Camp Nightwing, watches the other counselors get killed.

The Secret BedroomLea's new house has a barricaded room where someone was murdered, and she hears footsteps from inside.

Shadyside Hospital

The KnifeLaurie, a volunteer at Shadyside Hospital, stumbles onto a dark secret behind the private rooms.

The Prom QueenLizzie is thrilled to be nominated prom queen, until the other candidates start turning up dead.

First DateShy, lonely Chelsea is asked out by two new boys in town, and one of them is a killer.

The Best FriendA new girl named Honey claims to be Becka's best friend, and goes to extremes to make it true.

The CheaterCarter has to pass math and talks the class whiz into taking her test in exchange for one date.

SunburnAt a friend's beach house for the weekend, Claudia believes a string of fatal accidents are really murders.

The New BoyJanie and her friends bet on who will date the mysterious Ross first, and then the killings begin.

The DareJohanna would do anything to join Dennis's popular clique, even something she never imagined.

Bad DreamsMaggie has the same dream of a murder every night, and the nightmare starts to come true.

Double DateBobby, a heartbreaker, brags that both Wade twins will fall for him, and one of them is murderously jealous.

The Thrill ClubTalia tells horror stories to her friends' club, until they start coming true.

One Evil SummerChrissy seems like the perfect babysitter, but she has a secret plan the Conklin family doesn't know.

The Mind ReaderEllie is haunted by ghostly visions that lead her to a girl's body and to the trail of the killer.

Wrong Number 2The wrong number from the year before comes back to haunt Deena and Jade.

Truth or DareSeven friends in a ski condo play truth or dare, and one of them would rather kill than tell the truth.

Dead EndNatalie and her friends were all in the car the night someone died at the dead end, and now someone wants that secret kept buried.

Final GradeLily lives to win, and when her rival is brutally murdered she is dragged into a nightmare she can't control.

SwitchedNicole thinks her friend Lucy's life is better than hers and agrees to switch bodies, not knowing what awaits her.

Patterson College

College WeekendTina visits her boyfriend at college for the weekend, but he's missing and his friends are hiding something.

The Stepsister 2Emily's sister Nancy comes home after being declared sane, and the family's troubled past haunts them.

What Holly HeardHolly learns a terrible secret and now her friends know too, and someone wants to make sure nobody talks.

The FaceMartha draws the face of a boy she doesn't remember seeing, and can't stop drawing it.

Secret AdmirerSelena's acting career at Shadyside High is going well, until she gets messages from someone calling himself "The Sun" and accidents begin.

The Perfect DateBrady wants to move on after losing his girlfriend in an accident and meets Rosha, who seems too good to be true.

The ConfessionJulie decides to keep the secret of a friend who confessed to a murder, and it comes with consequences.

The Boy Next DoorLynne and Crystal compete for Scott, the new neighbor, until they learn his last girlfriend is dead.

Night GamesDiane and her friends love late-night pranks, until someone dies and all of them are pulled into a nightmare.

RunawayFelicia moves to Shadyside to escape her past, until someone discovers her secret.

Killer's KissDelia and Karina would do anything to date Vincent, and one of them wants to kill him.

All-Night PartyFriends take Cindy to Fear Island for her birthday, and the party ends in murder.

The Rich GirlEmma and Sydney find a bag full of money and decide to keep it secret, until Sydney tells her boyfriend.

CatMarty accidentally kills the cat that lived in the school gym, gets community service, and then cats begin to chase him everywhere.

Fear Hall: The BeginningHope has a terribly sick boyfriend who seems to destroy everything that touches her, but not all is what it seems.

Fear Hall: The ConclusionHope hides in an abandoned sorority house and finds the evil she's running from has become part of her.

Who Killed the Homecoming Queen?Tania is having the best year of her life after being voted homecoming queen, and someone wants to ruin it.

Into the DarkPaulette refuses to let her blindness stop her from living, until her sighted friends see her new boyfriend commit a crime.

Best Friend 2Becka thought she was done with Honey, but Honey returns, and this time she won't stop until Becka is dead.

The school tunnels

TrappedElaine and other kids in detention explore the tunnels under Shadyside High, where people died in the 1960s.

The Fear Street Saga (1993)

The BetrayalFirst book of The Fear Street Saga trilogy, which retells the origin of the Fear family curse.

The SecretSecond book of The Fear Street Saga, following the Fear family's story.

The BurningThird and last book of The Fear Street Saga, on the fate of the Fear family.

The comeback (2014–2017)

Party GamesFirst book of Fear Street's 2014 comeback, after nine years without a new novel in the series.

Don't Stay Up LateSecond book of the series' comeback, published in 2015, longer and more grown-up than the 1990s volumes.

The Lost GirlThird book of the series' comeback, published in September 2015.

Can You Keep a Secret?Fourth book of the series' comeback, published in April 2016.

The Dead BoyfriendFifth book of the series' comeback, published in September 2016.

Give Me a K-I-L-LSixth and last book of the original St. Martin's Press deal, published in April 2017.

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