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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
Luke
Thanks for your kind thoughts, although I have no plans for a crossover at this time.
is ther going to be a book after ape escape?
rushi –
I plan to write another book in the FJ series.
I love your FunJungle books! Please keep writing them! 🙂
Can you pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease make a funjungle series graphic novel version plzzzz
Cora Watson –
I would love for there to be GNs of all of my books. But that decision is up to my publisher.
Hello, I like your books. How about making the Moon Base Alpha series into a movie?
I’m enjoying the series so much.
(Please understand if the English wrong.
Are you going to write another book in the last musketeers series or has that idea passed?
Da in Ahn –
Sadly it is not my choice what books become movies. That is up to the movie studios. I have been trying to get MBA made into a movie for over a decade.
Yeonhee
I have a rather old blog post that explains why that series ended.
I reallyy think the 15 spy school book could be called Spy Surf school, where Ben and Erica get put on mission wolfclaw where they go to the Caribbean islands and have to stop SMASH from another evil mission.
also i think that spy surf school since its in carribeain ben should have a natural talent for surfing and since its focused on a beach it should get kind of romantic and heated between ben and erica not to much just some to spice it up a little because the lasts couple books of the series are kind of making ben and erica seem more like friends not in a relationship i also think and book spy school undercover where ben fakes his death so his parents house dosent blow up and then erica dosent know so she gets emtionak p.s i love your books
Parker Bussa
While I appreciate your enthusiasm, I really can’t accept ideas from readers.
Parker Bussa =
Also, since I write middle grade, I can’t have Ben and Erica’s relationship get heated.
dear Mr gibbs
I meant like emotional so sorry if you miss understood when I said heated siceraly
sincerely Parker Bussa
Dear stuart gibbs,
can you create a spy school book that takes place in japan?
a kid –
There are LOTS of places on earth to set books and sadly, I can’t use them all. I had originally thought that part of Spy School Goes east would take place in Japan, but it didn’t work out. If a story ends up working in Japan, I will certainly set a book there.
How many books do you plan on having in the spy school and funjungle series?
Muneef Rehan –
I do not know how many books will be in any of my series.
what is going to happen in the next funjungle book
ashwin –
I won’t be posting about the next FJ book for at least a year. Sorry. I don’t like to share information about what a book is about while I am writing the book.
Please make a friend Jungle movie please please please and make the fun jungle Book about penguins you are my favorite author in the entire world!????
Hayden Harris –
If it was up to me, I would have made a FunJungle movie ten years ago. But Hollywood has to decide to do it and so, sadly, the decision is not mine.
Penguins play a big part in Lion Down, so there probably won’t be a penguin mystery. Sorry.
Do you have any books that you wrote as a movie?
Yeonhee –
I am not completely sure what you are asking. But I have adapter the first Spy School book as a movie. It did not get made though.
Can u make a spy school and funjungle crossover series with tina teddy erica summer and ben meet
Nabyom –
Sorry, but I am not planning a crossover between any of my series.