# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1398
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27944 "2014-08-01T02:49:21Z")
New! Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27945 "2014-08-01T03:18:18Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27946 "2014-08-01T04:28:52Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27947 "2014-08-01T11:41:07Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27948 "2014-08-01T12:30:05Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27949 "2014-08-01T13:01:47Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27950 "2014-08-01T13:20:39Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser 8. Barry Lyndon by Thackeray ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27951 "2014-08-01T19:45:02Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser 8. Barry Lyndon by Thackeray 9. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin One of the finest collections of interrelated sf short stories I know. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27952 "2014-08-01T19:48:40Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser 8. Barry Lyndon by Thackeray 9. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin 10. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27953 "2014-08-01T20:19:41Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser 8. Barry Lyndon by Thackeray 9. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin 10. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison 11. Joseph Andrews ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27954 "2014-08-02T02:07:30Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser 8. Barry Lyndon by Thackeray 9. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin 10. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison 11. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding 12. Addie Pray (Paper Moon) by Joe David Brown The movie is excellent; the book is even a little better IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27955 "2014-08-02T09:49:37Z")
Picaresque novels (or collections of stories). 1. The Complete Adventures of Rafferty, Gentleman Thief, by E. W. Hornung 2. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 3. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Stern 4. Huckleberry Finn 5. Kim, by Rudyard Kipling 6. Myth Adventures, Robert Asprin 7. Flashman (series), by George Macdonald Fraser 8. Barry Lyndon by Thackeray 9. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin 10. The Stainless Steel Rat by Harry Harrison 11. Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding 12. Addie Pray (Paper Moon) by Joe David Brown 13. Little big Man/Return of Little Big Man by Thomas Berger I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27956 "2014-08-02T10:42:16Z")
New category: Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27957 "2014-08-02T11:44:48Z")
New category: Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 2. Blacula ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27958 "2014-08-02T12:29:45Z")
New category: Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 2. Blacula 3. Dolemite ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27959 "2014-08-02T13:14:05Z")
Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 2. Blacula 3. Dolemite 4. Mandingo ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27960 "2014-08-02T14:12:25Z")
Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 2. Blacula 3. Dolemite 4. Mandingo 5. Coffy ---
**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:** [August 2, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27961 "2014-08-02T15:49:18Z")
Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 2. Blacula 3. Dolemite 4. Mandingo 5. Coffy 6. Blackenstein ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27962 "2014-08-02T16:29:22Z")
Blaxploitation movies 1. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song 2. Blacula 3. Dolemite 4. Mandingo 5. Coffy 6. Blackenstein 7. Super Fly ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27963 "2014-08-02T18:37:09Z")
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