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Bianca Marais

3 Series • 6 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Hum If You Don't Know the Words (2017)
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Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Start with: The Prynne Viper (2022)
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Start with: World Enough and Crime (2014)

ⓘ About Bianca Marais

Bianca Marais is a literary fiction and fantasy fiction author from Toronto that is best known for her debut work “Hum If You Don’t Know the Words.” The author is a certificate holder of a creative writing degree from the School of Continuing Studies of the University of Toronto. She is also a creative writing professor at the same institution. While Bianca Marais has achieved much success, at some point she almost gave up. She had then been unable to get an agent to represent her for her first two manuscripts. As for authors that have influenced her, she counts the likes of Sue Monk Kidd and Kathryn Stockett whose novels inspired her to tell her South African stories.

All Book Series by Bianca Marais

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Hum If You Don't Know the Words book cover

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2017

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2017
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If You Want to Make God Laugh book cover

If You Want to Make God Laugh

Book 2 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
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The Witches of Moonshyne Manor book cover

The Witches of Moonshyne Manor

Book 3 of 4 · published 2022

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2022
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A Most Puzzling Murder book cover

A Most Puzzling Murder

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2025

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2025
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The Prynne Viper book cover

The Prynne Viper

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022
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World Enough and Crime

Single-title series · published 2014

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2014

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Bianca Marais?

Bianca Marais is a literary fiction and fantasy fiction author from Toronto that is best known for her debut work “Hum If You Don’t Know the Words.” The author is a certificate holder of a creative writing degree from the School of Continuing Studies of the University of Toronto. She is also a creative writing professor at the same institution. While Bianca Marais has achieved much success, at some point she almost gave up.

Which Bianca Marais series should I start with?

Bianca Marais's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Hum If You Don't Know the Words (2017).

How many books has Bianca Marais written?

Bianca Marais has 6 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2014 and 2025. They are filed under 3 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Short Stories/Novellas and Anthologies.

In what order should Bianca Marais's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 6 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Bianca Marais's books organised into series?

This guide splits Bianca Marais's 6 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (4 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book); Anthologies (1 book).