# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 323
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6444 "2021-06-15T21:00:20Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle a longtime bestseller, high on Amazon’s list right now probably due to Carle’s recent death ---
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6445 "2021-06-15T22:48:36Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6446 "2021-06-15T23:11:10Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6447 "2021-06-16T00:31:17Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King 8. _Stardust_ - Neil Gaiman ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6448 "2021-06-16T19:26:33Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King 8. _Stardust_ - Neil Gaiman 9. _The Lord of the Rings_ - J.R.R. Tolkien Re-read it aloud with my teenage son not long ago. Still a masterpiece of high fantasy. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6449 "2021-06-16T22:27:47Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King 8. _Stardust_ - Neil Gaiman 9. _The Lord of the Rings_ - J.R.R. Tolkien 10. _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ - C.S. Lewis ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6450 "2021-06-16T22:31:08Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King 8. _Stardust_ - Neil Gaiman 9. _The Lord of the Rings_ - J.R.R. Tolkien 10. _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ - C.S. Lewis 11. _The Heart of the Matter_ - Graham Greene ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6451 "2021-06-16T23:55:01Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King 8. _Stardust_ - Neil Gaiman 9. _The Lord of the Rings_ - J.R.R. Tolkien 10. _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ - C.S. Lewis 11. _The Heart of the Matter_ - Graham Greene 12. _Aztec_ - Gary Jennings The best historical novel I’ve ever read. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6452 "2021-06-18T05:55:31Z")
**Title and author of a favorite best-selling book** 1. _The Pelican Brief_ - John Grisham 2. _Founding Brothers_ - Joseph Ellis 3. _The Princess Bride_ - William Goldman 4. _The Guns of August_ - Barbara Tuchman 5. _The Very Hungry Caterpillar_ - Eric Carle 6. _Soul Music_ – the late, great Sir Pterry Pratchett 7. _The Stand_ - Stephen King 8. _Stardust_ - Neil Gaiman 9. _The Lord of the Rings_ - J.R.R. Tolkien 10. _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_ - C.S. Lewis 11. _The Heart of the Matter_ - Graham Greene 12. _Aztec_ - Gary Jennings 13. _Sleeping Murder_ - Agatha Christie Written in 1940 but not published until after Christie’s death in 1976, when it spent 7 weeks at #1 Next **Words containing the letters _ick_, in that order** 1. chicken ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6453 "2021-06-18T06:27:18Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6454 "2021-06-18T10:15:41Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6455 "2021-06-18T11:14:50Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6456 "2021-06-18T11:55:23Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6457 "2021-06-18T12:54:15Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster 6. Thick ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6458 "2021-06-18T13:43:07Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster 6. Thick 7. rickety ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6459 "2021-06-18T14:00:01Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster 6. Thick 7. rickety 8. pickle ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6460 "2021-06-18T14:00:59Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster 6. Thick 7. rickety 8. pickle 9. brickyard ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6461 "2021-06-18T14:15:29Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster 6. Thick 7. rickety 8. pickle 9. brickyard 10. flick ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6462 "2021-06-18T14:18:40Z")
**Words containing the letters _ick_ , in that order** 1. chicken 2. quickly 3. pumpernickel 4. knickknack 5. trickster 6. Thick 7. rickety 8. pickle 9. brickyard 10. flick 11. icky ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6463 "2021-06-18T15:13:18Z")
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