# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 244
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4861 "2024-04-07T00:40:25Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4862 "2024-04-07T01:25:19Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne 4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4863 "2024-04-07T01:40:50Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne 4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4864 "2024-04-07T01:43:57Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. Alice Adams, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne 4. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4865 "2024-04-07T02:55:20Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein Well, _I_ think it’s a classic…. ---
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**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein 8. _A Study in Scarlet_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4867 "2024-04-07T10:00:24Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein 8. _A Study in Scarlet_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. _Dune_ by Frank Herbert ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4868 "2024-04-07T13:45:50Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein 8. _A Study in Scarlet_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. _Dune_ by Frank Herbert 10. _Bleak House_ by Charles Dickens Every year or two I read something that one _should_ have read years ago, but never got around to. If I made a list there would be a lot of Dickens on it. Now I actually _enjoy_ Dickens, unlike Tolstoy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4869 "2024-04-07T17:13:19Z")
. > [@Skunkdog](#): > > **The Last Classic Novel You Read** > 9. _Dune_ by Frank Herbert Actually, I read this after reading _Slaughterhouse-Five_ and I should’ve remembered, since I’ve read the five sequels _and_ the Dune Encyclopedia. carry on ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4870 "2024-04-09T01:08:32Z")
[quote=“Bayaker, post:4868, topic:970093”] **The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein 8. _A Study in Scarlet_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. _Dune_ by Frank Herbert 10. _Bleak House_ by Charles Dickens 11. _Ulysses_ by James Joyce I couldn’t finish it. Read the first 200 pages and gave up. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4871 "2024-04-09T11:17:41Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein 8. _A Study in Scarlet_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. _Dune_ by Frank Herbert 10. _Bleak House_ by Charles Dickens 11. _Ulysses_ by James Joyce 12. _Foundation_ by Isaac Asimov I actually read the Original Trilogy back to back so you could argue the last I read was “Second Foundation” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4872 "2024-04-09T16:38:18Z")
**The Last Classic Novel You Read** 1. _Alice Adams_, by Booth Tarkington 2. _The Great Gatsby_, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3. _Around the World in 80 Days_, by Jules Verne 4. _Slaughterhouse-Five,_ by Kurt Vonnegut 5. _Persuasion_ by Jane Austen 6. _The Old Man and the Sea_, by Ernest Hemingway 7. _Time for the Stars_ by Robert A. Heinlein 8. _A Study in Scarlet_ by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 9. _Dune_ by Frank Herbert 10. _Bleak House_ by Charles Dickens 11. _Ulysses_ by James Joyce 12. _Foundation_ by Isaac Asimov 13. _Inland_ by Tea Obreht It’s _gonna_ be a classic, trust me. Terrific novel. Next up: **Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” > **[Looking back (but not directly at) Donald Trump's 2017 solar eclipse moment](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/07/donald-trump-looking-2017-solar-eclipse-without-glasses-photo/73170145007/)** > > The infamous photo of Donald Trump gazing at the sun with the naked eyed during the 2017 eclipse set the internet on fire with viral memes. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4873 "2024-04-09T18:16:06Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Margorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4874 "2024-04-09T18:32:30Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4875 "2024-04-09T20:15:40Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” 4. People actually traveled for hours to see _that_? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4876 "2024-04-09T21:57:02Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” 4. People actually traveled for hours to see _that_? 5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4877 "2024-04-10T00:15:46Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” 4. People actually traveled for hours to see _that_? 5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler 6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.” No, it’s not. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4878 "2024-04-10T04:41:11Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” 4. People actually traveled for hours to see _that_? 5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler 6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.” 7. “It’s fully covered! Wait, no. It just went behind the clouds.” ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4879 "2024-04-10T10:51:14Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” 4. People actually traveled for hours to see _that_? 5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler 6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.” 7. “It’s fully covered! Wait, no. It just went behind the clouds.” 8. “Is it over yet?” My friend’s bored granddaughter ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4880 "2024-04-10T13:10:59Z")
**Overheard during the solar eclipse on Monday** 1. “No, you shouldn’t look at the Sun directly _this_ time either, Mr. Trump.” 2. “Look! Marjorie Taylor Green is watching Mike Johnson to see if he’s struck down by a Holy Solar Laser!” 3. “Totality lasted longer than my first husband did when he got excited.” 4. People actually traveled for hours to see _that_? 5. “My Spotify notifications are blowing up again - must be another eclipse.” - Bonnie Tyler 6. “It’s okay if you look at it through your phone.” 7. “It’s fully covered! Wait, no. It just went behind the clouds.” 8. “Is it over yet?” 9. “Donald saw his shadow. Six more weeks of court trials.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=243) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=245)