# 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:** 361
**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 8, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7201 "2025-04-08T14:16:59Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7202 "2025-04-08T14:52:48Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7203 "2025-04-08T14:55:18Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe ---
**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 8, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7204 "2025-04-08T15:17:22Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7205 "2025-04-08T15:19:13Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7206 "2025-04-08T15:55:44Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7207 "2025-04-08T16:18:28Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro ---
**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 8, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7208 "2025-04-08T16:35:02Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro 8. HP Lovecraft ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7209 "2025-04-08T17:18:08Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro 8. HP Lovecraft 9. The Brothers Grimm _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [April 8, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7210 "2025-04-08T19:15:16Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro 8. HP Lovecraft 9. The Brothers Grimm 10. Arthur Conan Doyle ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7211 "2025-04-08T22:46:39Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro 8. HP Lovecraft 9. The Brothers Grimm 10. Arthur Conan Doyle 11. Shirley Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7212 "2025-04-09T14:28:18Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro 8. HP Lovecraft 9. The Brothers Grimm 10. Arthur Conan Doyle 11. Shirley Jackson 12. Donald J. Sobol ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7213 "2025-04-09T14:51:48Z")
**Writers known primarily for short stories** 1. Flannery O’Connor 2. Harlan Ellison 3. Edgar Allen Poe 4. O. Henry 5. Ray Bradbury 6. Philip K. Dick 7. Alice Munro 8. HP Lovecraft 9. The Brothers Grimm 10. Arthur Conan Doyle 11. Shirley Jackson 12. Donald J. Sobol 13. H H Munro, aka Saki **Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell(Gone With the Wind) ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7214 "2025-04-09T14:56:42Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) Published posthumously; there was a second, lesser known, novel published a few years later. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7215 "2025-04-09T15:04:43Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) 3. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7216 "2025-04-09T15:10:40Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) 3. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 4. J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) ---
**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, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7217 "2025-04-09T15:14:53Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) 3. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 4. J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) 5. Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7218 "2025-04-09T15:17:12Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) 3. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 4. J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) 5. Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) 6. Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7219 "2025-04-09T15:37:41Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) 3. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 4. J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) 5. Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) 6. Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) 7. Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights) It’s actually her _only_ novel, although she did publish some poetry as well. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7220 "2025-04-09T17:29:05Z")
**Authors known _primarily_ for one novel** 1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone With the Wind) 2. John Kennedy Toole (A Confederacy of Dunces) 3. Harper Lee (To Kill a Mockingbird) 4. J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) 5. Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) 6. Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) 7. Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights) 8. William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=360) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=362)