Here are the books that are coming in 2026

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Hi all!  2026 is going to be a big year!

First up, on March 24, 2026 there’s the newest book in the FunJungle series, Ape Escape.

When a baby gorilla is stolen from an orphanage in Rwanda, Teddy, his parents, and an old family friend find themselves in a race against time to save it. Teddy has to piece together clues to figure out where the little ape is being taken while traveling through some of the most incredible—and dangerous—terrain in the world.

At the same time, he’s long-distance consulting with Summer to help solve another mystery back at FunJungle. Between facing down lions on the Serengeti and chasing poachers through the bazaars of Zanzibar, will Teddy be able to find the baby gorilla before it’s too late?

I’m pleased to announce that, once again, there will be an exclusive edition of this one available from Barnes & Noble, featuring an exclusive jacket, an annotated map of—plus bonus content that features Teddy’s safari checklist, fun animal facts and more!

Click here to pre-order your exclusive copy today!

Also on March 24, you can get the FunJungle MegaFauna Mystery boxed set!

This has paperback editions of Bear Bottom, Whale Done and All Ears — in a box!

Click here to get it!

Next up, on April 28… Spy School Secret Service, the Graphic Novel!

The New York Times bestselling Spy School series continues in graphic novel form with the fifth book as Ben Ripley goes undercover in the White House to take on a SPYDER operative determined to assassinate the president.

This will also have an exclusive edition at Barnes & Noble! It featuresan exclusive cover with shiny red foil, plus a double-sided, pull-out poster of Washington D.C. and Ben’s highlights of The White House!

Click here to pre-order your exclusive copy today!

 

Then, on August 18… Spaced Out the Graphic Novel!

The moon base commander has gone missing, and Dash Gibson is on the case in this New York Times bestselling, second mind-boggling mystery of the Moon Base Alpha series —now in graphic novel form!

Click here to pre-order it!

After that, On September 1… Bruce Wayne, Not Super: Bat Catastrophe!

When Jack Napier and his hulking sidekick Bane are recruited by Hugo Strange for a high-stakes heist at Gotham City Bank, Bruce will get a second chance to prove he has what it takes to defend the streets of Gotham. But Bruce gets more than he bargained for when he catches Selina helping Jack. Coming from a school full of heroes and villains, he should have known she would be more than she seems! And now Bruce will have to find a way to stop them all before they can accomplish their plan.

Click here to pre-order it!

Next, on October 6…. Spy School Goes East!

When the seasoned adult spies of the Hale family mysteriously disappear on a mission to China, Ben Ripley and his fellow spies-in-training head east to discover what happened to them—and find themselves up against a villainous plot that will take them from the skyscrapers of Shanghai to the ancient ruins of the Great Wall to the remote regions of the Gobi desert.

Click here to pre-order it!

On November 10… I will release my first non-fiction book!

Join Ben as he shares the true stories behind World War II’s courageous spies, their inventive commanders, and the incredible things they did, like commando raids, code-breaking, double-crosses, disinformation, and inventing shark repellant and exploding pancake batter (really). There are amazing stories about famous spies like Julia Child, John Ford, and Sterling Hayden, plus countless others who risked their lives and took great risks to keep the world safe from evil.

Click here to pre-order it!

That’s it! Six books released within one year.  I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do this again. But I worked really hard on each one of these… So I hope you enjoy them all!

197 thoughts on “Here are the books that are coming in 2026”

  2. Hi Mr. Gibbs, I have a question about writing . What font do you use and what is your recommended font ? Also where do you write your books like on Google slides or what app ?

    Another off topic question. This one is about the Spy School series . I don’t know if it is just me or lately Ben and Erica’s relationship , I noticed that they have lost some types of feelings way more than the other books . I have a theory that soon it will probably end. Because Erica is toxic ( in my opinion ) because she uses Ben multiple times . And when Ben first saw her he liked her because of her looks later finding out her actual personality.

    I don’t really know but thank you for your time .
    -Zyrah

  3. Zyrah –

    Honestly, what font anyone chooses to write in is completely a matter of personal preference that has no bearing on your story at all.

    I write in Times, which is a smaller font, but that is not the font that my books are printed in. That font is the choice of someone at my publisher. So my original manuscripts look very different from the final books.

    I would simply recommend that you write in whatever font you prefer. (The font is pretty much the easiest thing in the world to change in a book.)

    As for Ben and Erica, their relationship does have issues (internal and external) but in later books I haven’t focused as much on it because I think that focusing on their relationship over and over again will get boring.

  4. Dear Mr. Gibbs,

    Is there a reason why it seems that Ben and Erica have lost their feelings for each other. I mean they do care for one another but it seems they lost their romantic edge which was an interesting plot point in the earlier books. Matter of fact, on reading Spy School Blackout (great book btw), it seemed as though they were just friends. I understand there can’t be that much romance in a middle-grade series, but I think just a little bit of romantic tension (i.e. Ben having a crush on another girl, Erica having a crush on another girl) would heighten an already spectacular series.

    Can’t wait for SS14 and Ape Escape!

    P.S. Why did you choose the path you took with Svetlana? In my opinion, making an enemy that could rival Erica would have been really interesting. (She could redeem herself in later books).

    P.S.S Why are you reluctant to write another Charlie Thorne book?

    P.S.S.S Are there any updates on a movie about any of your books?

  5. Hi Mr. Gibbs, I love your books and I have two questions. Have you ever thought of doing a story that’s split in two parts? I think that’s perfect for a Spy school book. Also can you do a Funjungle book where Teddy goes camping? Thank you

  6. MMXander –

    Ben and Erica have not lost their feelings for each other. It’s just that I have written a lot of books that have dwelt on their relationship and I can’t keep doing it. (In fact, I had a subplot involving their relationship in the original draft of Blackout, but my editor felt it wasnt adding anything new to the series — and she was right — so I changed things to focus on Erica’s relationship with Trixie instead, which was something I hadn’t done yet. Honestly, one of the things about two characters in a good relationship is that good relationships aren’t that interesting, which is why so many TV shows have a will-they-or-won’t-they relationship for so long and avoid ever letting the characters get together. (For example, in a good relationship, they shouldn’t really have crushes on other people, even though that would create tension.)

    I chose to have Svetlana switch sides because I didn’t want to go the route of having her be the new nemesis. I only wanted to do one plot with the Russians.

    I am reluctant to write another CT book because those take me at least twice as long as any other books i do and I have a lot of projects to do and not enough time to do everything I want. I will have six books come out this year. If I had written a CT there might only be three.

    When there are movie updates, I will post about them.

  7. Adrian –

    Do you mean end one book on a cliffhanger and then make everyone wait a year for part two? I don’t think people really enjoy that. (Although I do end most SS books hinting at the next adventure, as I did with Blackout. Some people might consider that a cliffhanger.)

    I have done a FunJungle book where Teddy goes camping. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks.

  8. I can’t wait for the next book that you will publish! Don’t worry, I can wait! I encourage you to keep writing also!

  9. Hello, do you know what the title for the next spy school will be? Also,are you planning to release a fifth Charlie Throne novel?

  10. Dear Mr Gibbs, are you going to make a funjungle graphic novel?( I would really like to see what large Marge looks like!

    Ps your books are very good!

    Thanks!!!

  11. Yukon&OJS

    Hold tight. I will be releasing the title and cover of SS14 within the next month.

    At this point, I do not have plans for a fifth CT to be released any time soon.

  12. Annabel Suopanki –

    I would love for there to by FJ novels, but at this time, my publisher does not have plans to publish one.

    If that changes, I will post about it here.

  14. Oliver –

    The is not a movie for Spy School, although I have been trying to get one made for over a decade.

  16. HI GIBBS! I have been IN LOVE with your series!
    P.s. I was rooting for Zoe and Svetlana to get together

  17. Stuart please right a new spy school book asap.I pre ordered ape escape but spy school and Charlie Thorne are really really good. P.S please for the spy school book base it in Japan please.?

  18. Everett Pishney –

    New SS books are coming. And I have toyed with the idea of doing one in Japan… but that’s not going to happen for a while.

  21. Aw my gawd the new cover for SS14 is crazy.
    Also, I know one of the other two releases. Spoiler alert: it starts a new series.
    But is the other release a spanish book or do i not know it yet?

  24. Aaxi –

    I do not know how many books there will be in this series. Therefore i cannot possibly know when the last book in the series will be published.

  27. Hi I am a kid in Vermont and I LOVE Charlie Thorne books please make more I beg you maybe do one about Leonardo da Vinci

  28. Eshaan and Parker

    I would love to do another Charlie book but usure that I can find the time.

    I can’t do Da Vinci though because the book The da Vinci Code already did him.

  29. it is crazy think you can respond so fast but here you are doing the unthinkable I love spy school because i can relate to ben because i used to be able to do math a grade up from me until parnets at my school started complaining that it was unfair so I got put back down in 5th grade so its fun to read about what I could have done (if it was true and I was 10x smarter)

  30. Parker –

    You are not the only kid to go through something like that. It’s always a shame when parents do something that involves other children at a school, rather than their own.

  31. Capybaras are cool just like your books:D Also I read in the back of whale done usually you have to turn down ideas from most people but it would be awesome to see a age 13-17 book series.

  33. Hi Mr. Gibbs! I just noticed that for most of your book series, you make the main character the narrator, but for the Charlie Thorne series, you wrote with an outside observer telling the story. Just out of curiosity, why did you choose to write it this way?

  35. Advaith –

    I wrote Charlie Thorne in third person because I wanted to shift perspective between characters.

  36. PEASE Make a spy school book with ben having to fake his death to protect himself from another evil organization but erica not knowing about it. P.S make it emotional please!

  37. Please make a ss book and make it where ben has to fake his death to hide from another evil organization otherwise they would rn kidnap his Parents but erica dosnt know causing erica to become seriously emotional the rest of the story is up to you. P.S I live in Vermont and I play hockey for 12U Tier 2 Boys Central Vermont Black Bears. Tomorrow at 2PM eastern time 2/28/2026 we Play ST.Albans IN ST.Albans for the state Championship you can see us on facebook. If you want to find me on there just look for glasses or pink black and blue gloves go BBS!!!!

  39. Hi stuart! I’m A kid in VT like Parker ( same name too!!!) I play Hockey For the Central VT blackbears 12U T2 and tomorrow at 2PM 2/28/2026 we are in the state Championship playing St.Albans IN St.albans we beat this team before but we need all the praise we can get as you can find us on Facebook and you will see me with pink black and blue gloves. im wondering if you would want to shout out to us my team and I would love this P.S can you make a book with ben faking his own death so that an evil organization wont explode his parents house (again) but erica thinks its real and becomes very emotional

  40. HOCKEYFOREVR

    I hope your team wins tomorrow. But as I have told your friends, I really can;t accept ideas for books from readers.

  42. I know you’ve said that you have no plans for the next Charlie Thorne book but I love the series and hope that you consider writing the fifth one next year! Also, i’m from Alaska so it was so cool that you based a spy school book in Alaska! Maybe for the next Charlie Thorne book, you could do Marie Curie? Just a suggestion, thanks!

  43. When will you be able to make another charlie Thorne book I really enjoyed and i hate it is coming to an end.Maybe in 2027 when you have finished the next FunJungle and Spy School

  44. Laney :}

    Marie Curie is certainly one of the people I have considered doing another CT book about.

  45. Yazan –

    I would love to do another CT book, but am having trouble finding the time to write it with all my other projects.

  46. Mr. Stuart Gibbs are you planing on making a spy school goes west because you made SSGS SSGN and now you are making SSGE.

  47. SM

    I come up with my titles AFTER I write the books. So even though I have done three points of the compass, that does not mean I will do the fourth.

  48. Dear Mr. Stuart Gibbs,

    Thank you for responding so quick. I forgot to tell you but you are favorite author and my friend’s favorite author and after you is Peter Brown and his Wild Robot books.

    Sincerely,
    SM

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