Fear Street · Book 48

Best Friend 2

Published
1 January 1997
Pages
160
ISBN-13
9780671529659
Type
novel
Cover of Best Friend 2

About this book

Best Friend 2 is Fear Street's direct sequel to The Best Friend, one of the handful of numbered pairs in R.L. Stine's otherwise standalone Shadyside horror line -- a rare case where picking up the earlier book actually matters. It arrived in 1997 as book 48 of the original run, running 160 pages.

Key facts about Best Friend 2

Best Friend 2 is a novel by R. L. Stine. Readers have had it since 1997. It runs to 160 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of Best Friend 2. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780671529659 to find the main one.

Best Friend 2 is book 48 of 49 in the Fear Street series. The series has 49 published books. However, the series starts with The New Girl (1989).

Additionally, R. L. Stine writes Goosebumps, Goosebumps Series 2000 and The Nightmare Room, plus 8 more series. Those series sit on our horror and middle-grade comedy shelves. Meanwhile, What We Do at Night is the latest published R. L. Stine book on file, from 4 August 2026.

About R. L. Stine

R. L. Stine is an American author widely credited with turning horror fiction into a mainstream habit for young readers. See every R. L. Stine book in order.

Its place in Fear Street

Best Friend 2 is book 48 in the Fear Street series. It follows Into the Dark. It is followed by Trapped. See the full Fear Street reading order.

Shadyside is a small town with a body count -- and Fear Street, the road running through it, is where the bodies pile up. R.L. Stine's teen horror line traded Goosebumps' younger, gentler scares for real stakes: characters in Fear Street actually die, romances turn homicidal, and the killer is as often the popular girl next door as any supernatural force. Every book is a fresh cast of Shadyside teenagers -- cheerleaders, prom queens, campers, babysitters -- caught in a slasher-movie plot with a twist ending Stine…

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