# 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:** 362
**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, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7221 "2025-04-09T17:43:51Z")
**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) 9. Mario Puzo (The Godfather) ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7222 "2025-04-09T17:54:53Z")
**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) 6. Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) 7. Emily Brontë (Wuthering Heights) 8. William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) 9. Mario Puzo (The Godfather) 10. Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Grey) Also known for his plays and poetry, but he wrote only one novel ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7223 "2025-04-09T23:43:46Z")
**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) 9. Mario Puzo (The Godfather) 10. Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Grey) 11. Helen Hooven Santmyer (…And Ladies of the Club) ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7224 "2025-04-09T23:46:15Z")
**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) 9. Mario Puzo (The Godfather) 10. Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Grey) 11. Helen Hooven Santmyer (…And Ladies of the Club) 12. Bram Stoker (Dracula) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7225 "2025-04-10T06:07:33Z")
**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) 9. Mario Puzo (The Godfather) 10. Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Grey) 11. Helen Hooven Santmyer (…And Ladies of the Club) 12. Bram Stoker (Dracula) 13. Anna Sewell (Black Beauty) Next: **Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King ---
**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 10, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7226 "2025-04-10T06:14:49Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7227 "2025-04-10T07:08:45Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov ---
**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, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7228 "2025-04-10T10:56:12Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky ---
**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 10, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7229 "2025-04-10T12:12:59Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7230 "2025-04-10T13:48:29Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein ---
**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 10, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7231 "2025-04-10T13:53:36Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy ---
**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 10, 2025, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7232 "2025-04-10T14:54:48Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy 8. James Patterson ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7233 "2025-04-10T15:26:17Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy 8. James Patterson 9. Danielle Steel ---
**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 10, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7234 "2025-04-10T16:30:29Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy 8. James Patterson 9. Danielle Steel 10. Sue Grafton ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7235 "2025-04-10T18:51:05Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy 8. James Patterson 9. Danielle Steel 10. Sue Grafton 11. Sinclair Lewis ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7236 "2025-04-10T19:16:16Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy 8. James Patterson 9. Danielle Steel 10. Sue Grafton 11. Sinclair Lewis 12. Ernest Hemingway ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7237 "2025-04-10T23:14:55Z")
**Novelists known for their huge body of work, no single novel of which they are known _primarily_ for:** 1. Stephen King 2. Charles Dickens 3. Isaac Asimov 4. Adrian Tchaikovsky 5. Larry McMurtry 6. Robert Heinlein 7. Tom Clancy 8. James Patterson 9. Danielle Steel 10. Sue Grafton 11. Sinclair Lewis 12. Ernest Hemingway 13. Dick Francis pass ---
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**Members of the National Basketball Association’s 75th-anniversary team** 1. Michael Jordan ---
**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 11, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7239 "2025-04-11T01:47:57Z")
**Members of the National Basketball Association’s 75th-anniversary team** 1. Michael Jordan 2. Charles Barkley ---
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**Members of the National Basketball Association’s 75th-anniversary team** 1. Michael Jordan 2. Charles Barkley 3. Reggie Miller [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=361) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=363)