Fear Street · Book 18

The Cheater

Published
1 January 1993
Pages
153
ISBN-13
9780785706557
Type
novel
Cover of The Cheater

About this book

Like every Fear Street book, The Cheater (1993) hands its cast of Shadyside teens a new self-contained mystery rather than continuing a previous book's story -- it sits between The Best Friend and Sunburn in the original numbered run. It runs 153 pages.

Key facts about The Cheater

The Cheater is a novel by R. L. Stine. Readers have had it since 1993. It runs to 153 pages.

Our list holds 1 edition of The Cheater. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780785706557 to find the main one.

The Cheater is book 18 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 Cheater is book 18 in the Fear Street series. It follows The Best Friend. It is followed by Sunburn. 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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