# 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:** 324
**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:** [November 9, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6461 "2024-11-09T16:10:04Z")
**Book series** 1. Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries 2. Sue Grafton’s alphabet series 3. The Bobbsey Twins 4. Nero Wolfe 5. Chronicles of Narnia 6. The Chronicles of Prydain 7. The Dresden Files 8. “the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers [Guide to the Galaxy] Trilogy” 9. Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries 10. A Series of Unfortunate Events 11. The Gregor Demarkian mysteries by Jane Haddam ---
**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:** [November 9, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6462 "2024-11-09T20:59:54Z")
**Book series** 1. Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries 2. Sue Grafton’s alphabet series 3. The Bobbsey Twins 4. Nero Wolfe 5. Chronicles of Narnia 6. The Chronicles of Prydain 7. The Dresden Files 8. “the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers [Guide to the Galaxy] Trilogy” 9. Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries 10. A Series of Unfortunate Events 11. The Gregor Demarkian mysteries by Jane Haddam 12. Shadows of the Apt ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6463 "2024-11-10T03:39:17Z")
**Book series** 1. Encyclopedia Brown Mysteries 2. Sue Grafton’s alphabet series 3. The Bobbsey Twins 4. Nero Wolfe 5. Chronicles of Narnia 6. The Chronicles of Prydain 7. The Dresden Files 8. “the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers [Guide to the Galaxy] Trilogy” 9. Robert B. Parker’s Spenser mysteries 10. A Series of Unfortunate Events 11. The Gregor Demarkian mysteries by Jane Haddam 12. Shadows of the Apt 13. James Bond 39 books in all so far; the first 14 (12 novels and 2 short-story collections) were by Ian Fleming. Next up: **Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin One of my favorite sf short-story collections. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6464 "2024-11-10T03:46:04Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King Will the good guys be able to build a society in the post-apocalyptical world? ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6465 "2024-11-10T17:22:16Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum A fun spy novel that was better than most of the Bourne books and made into a decent movie starring Michael Caine. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6466 "2024-11-10T17:40:36Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 25 books in the series, and she died before finishing Z. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6467 "2024-11-10T22:02:42Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub It leaves off with the main character pursuing the source of Eva’s appearances. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6468 "2024-11-11T18:13:48Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn The novel which inspired the movie _Limitless_. Glynn wrote a prequel, _Receptor_, but it wasn’t nearly as good as either IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6469 "2024-11-11T19:45:42Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien Tolkien started writing an epilogue but it quickly ground to a halt and was abandoned apparently for creative reasons. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6470 "2024-11-11T21:28:33Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clarke A terrific fantasy/alternative history novel about the return of magic to Regency Britain. There’s lots more the author could tell us about the two title characters and what comes next. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6471 "2024-11-19T08:13:32Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clarke 9. _The Lovely Bones_ by Alice Sebold Just one of my favorite books. I feel like there could be an much more for the main character to observe. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6472 "2024-11-20T00:56:16Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clarke 9. _The Lovely Bones_ by Alice Sebold 10. _Sense and Sensibility_ by Jane Austen I’d love to see what happens with Willoughby, Margaret Dashwood, Lucy Steele (hopefully getting her comeuppance) and others. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2024, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6473 "2024-11-20T04:54:47Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clarke 9. _The Lovely Bones_ by Alice Sebold 10. _Sense and Sensibility_ by Jane Austen 11. _Addie Pray_ by Joe David Brown The book which inspired _Paper Moon_, one of the few movies that’s IMHO as good as the book - and there are plenty of more cons which the lead characters could do. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6474 "2024-11-23T02:34:02Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clarke 9. _The Lovely Bones_ by Alice Sebold 10. _Sense and Sensibility_ by Jane Austen 11. _Addie Pray_ by Joe David Brown 12. _The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey/ 21_ by Patrick O’Brian The last, unfinished book of the Aubrey-Maturin series; I’d love to have seen it finished, and a sequel to it as well ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6475 "2024-11-23T02:47:12Z")
**Books you’d love to see a good sequel to** 1. _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin 2. _The Stand_ by Stephen King 3. _The Holcroft Covenant_ by Robert Ludlum 4. _Y Is For Yesterday_ by Sue Grafton 5. _Ghost Story_ by Peter Straub 6. _The Dark Fields_ by Alan Glynn 7. _Lord of the Rings_ by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. _Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clarke 9. _The Lovely Bones_ by Alice Sebold 10. _Sense and Sensibility_ by Jane Austen 11. _Addie Pray_ by Joe David Brown 12. _The Final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey/ 21_ by Patrick O’Brian 13. The Peshawar Lancers, by S.M. Stirling I loved that book, and while sequels aren’t always as good, I’d like to have seen Stirling take a chance on this one. **The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6476 "2024-11-23T02:51:11Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City Given all that has come before, it’s a remarkably satisfying and happy ending, without being at all sappy. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6477 "2024-11-23T05:19:05Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6478 "2024-11-23T12:37:07Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York What starts as a great battle between two forces becomes sidetracked by the greater world around them; I guess Monty Python and the Holy Grail ends similarly but not as satisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6479 "2024-11-23T12:45:50Z")
**The Best Movie Ending Ever** 1. Schindler’s List 2. Dark City 3. 2001: A Space Odyssey 4. Gangs of New York 5. The Shawshank Redemption ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6480 "2024-11-23T12:55:02Z")
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