The Wrong Number
- Published
- 1 January 1990
- Pages
- 165
- ISBN-13
- 9781665927680
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Wrong Number is the 5th installment of R.L. Stine's best-selling YA horror line, published in 1990 with the same relentless cliffhanger pacing and twist-ending structure that made Fear Street a defining series for a generation of teen readers. It runs 165 pages.
Key facts about The Wrong Number
The Wrong Number is a novel by R. L. Stine. Readers have had it since 1990. It runs to 165 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Wrong Number. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781665927680 to find the main one.
The Wrong Number is book 5 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 Wrong Number is book 5 in the Fear Street series. It follows Missing. It is followed by The Sleepwalker. 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 9781665927680