The Boy Next Door
- Published
- 1 January 1996
- Pages
- 147
- ISBN-13
- 9780671894320
- Type
- novel
About this book
Like every Fear Street book, The Boy Next Door (1996) hands its cast of Shadyside teens a new self-contained mystery rather than continuing a previous book's story -- it sits between The Confession and Night Games in the original numbered run. It runs 147 pages.
Key facts about The Boy Next Door
R. L. Stine wrote The Boy Next Door, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1996. The book has 147 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780671894320 to find the main one.
The Boy Next Door is book 39 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
The Boy Next Door is book 39 in the Fear Street series. It follows The Confession. It is followed by Night Games. 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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780671894320