Spy School Books in Order
Part ofStuart Gibbs Books in OrderSee the Spy School books in order by Stuart Gibbs, with quick summaries, series background, and an easy guide to where to start with Ben Ripley.
Last updated: June 9, 2026
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Publication Order
20 books
Spy School
by Stuart Gibbs
2012
Ben Ripley thinks he is heading to a science school and discovers he has been recruited to a secret CIA academy instead. Used as bait for a dangerous enemy, he has to survive training and figure out who wants him dead.
Spy Camp
by Stuart Gibbs
2013
Summer survival camp turns into another mission when SPYDER infiltrates the program. Ben and Erica have to stay alive in the wilderness while figuring out which trainee is really working for the enemy.
Evil Spy School
by Stuart Gibbs
2015
After a disastrous training exercise gets him expelled, Ben receives an offer from SPYDER. Going undercover at the enemy's school, he must uncover a sinister plot without blowing his cover.
Spy Ski School
by Stuart Gibbs
2016
Spy Ski School
by Stuart Gibbs
2016
Ben's first real field mission sends him to a ski school to befriend Jessica Shang, daughter of a suspected crime boss. He can barely ski, and an unexpected visitor threatens to blow his cover.
Secret Service
by Stuart Gibbs
2017
Spy School Secret Service
by Stuart Gibbs
2017
Ben is sent undercover to the White House to stop a presidential assassination. It sounds like a solo mission, but once everything falls apart, even his friends may not be fully on his side.
Spy School Goes South
by Stuart Gibbs
2018
Spy School Goes South
by Stuart Gibbs
2018
Murray Hill offers Ben a deal that might lead straight to SPYDER, and Ben knows it is probably a trap. He goes anyway, heading into a deadly mission with Erica and far too many crocodiles.
British Invasion
by Stuart Gibbs
2019
Spy School British Invasion
by Stuart Gibbs
2019
Stranded after a failed mission, Ben and his friends head to England to track the leader of SPYDER. Rogue factions, double-crosses, and one last chance to end the spy war keep the pressure high.
Revolution
by Stuart Gibbs
2020
Spy School Revolution
by Stuart Gibbs
2020
When Erica Hale appears to betray the CIA, Ben refuses to believe the obvious story. Going rogue, he digs into a secret plot with deep American roots and risks losing the people he trusts most.
Spy School at Sea
by Stuart Gibbs
2021
Spy School at Sea
by Stuart Gibbs
2021
Ben boards a luxury cruise ship in disguise to track his nemesis Murray Hill. Pretending to be part of the Hale family sounds fun until the mission goes sideways in a hurry.
Spy School Project X
by Stuart Gibbs
2022
Murray Hill puts a bounty on Ben and frames him online, turning strangers and assassins against him. With only his friends to rely on, Ben races across the country to find Murray before the trap closes.
Spy School Goes North
by Stuart Gibbs
2023
Training in Alaska turns serious when Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by an old Russian enemy. Ben joins a rescue mission that brings bears, cold-weather chaos, and secrets from the spy world's past.
Spy School Goes Wild
by Stuart Gibbs
2024
After a mission fails badly, Ben ends up stranded in the wilderness with Murray Hill of all people. To get out alive, he has to outlast the terrain and stop a fresh revenge plot.
Spy School Blackout
by Stuart Gibbs
2025
A hacker crashes power systems around the globe, and Ben's team is forced down in remote Indonesia. Cut off from the CIA, they have to hunt the villain through pirates, predators, and total technological chaos.
Spy School Goes East
by Stuart Gibbs
2026
When the adult Hale spies disappear on a mission in China, Ben and the other junior agents head after them. Their search leads from Shanghai to the Great Wall to the Gobi desert and straight into danger.
Series background & context
Spy School starts with a joke that becomes a whole series premise: Ben Ripley thinks he is headed to a science-focused boarding school and learns it is really the CIA's Academy of Espionage. The catch is that Ben is not there because he looks like a natural spy. He is there because someone thinks he can be used as bait. That mismatch, a smart but very normal kid dropped into a world of elite training and constant danger, is what gives the series its energy.
Ben is good at patterns, math, and thinking when everyone else panics. He is much less good at hand-to-hand combat, stealth, or looking cool under pressure. Around him are people who seem built for this life, especially Erica Hale, Mike Brezinski, Zoe Zibbell, and the rest of the formidable Hale family. Ben's job is not to become the toughest person in the room. It is to keep up, stay alive, and notice the thing the professionals missed.
That makes him a fun hero to follow.
The first books lean into the boarding school angle, but the scope gets bigger fast. Soon Ben is surviving wilderness training, ski missions, White House intrigue, rogue operations in Mexico and England, a cruise ship assignment, icy rescues in Alaska, and a blackout crisis in Indonesia. The settings change from book to book, but they are never just scenery. Gibbs uses them as moving parts in the mystery, the comedy, and the action.
What ties the series together is Ben's long fight with SPYDER, the enemy organization that keeps finding new ways to mess up his life. There are double agents, fake identities, shifting alliances, and villains who never stay simple for long, especially Murray Hill. At the same time, the books keep track of friendships, rivalries, and Ben's feelings for Erica, so the series rewards readers who follow it in order.
The tone is quick, funny, and full of close calls, but it never loses sight of the fact that Ben is still a kid trying to figure out who he is. If you like school stories, gadgets, secret plots, and heroes who succeed because they are stubborn and observant, this series delivers. Start with Spy School and keep going in publication order. The fun is watching Ben get a little braver, and a little more capable, one impossible mission at a time.
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