# 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:** 3255
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65088 "2019-04-09T04:44:25Z")
'Salem’s Lot actually has two!: ['Salem's Lot - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Salem%27s_Lot) Fiction with an apostrophe in the title 1. Katie’s Way - Marta Perry 2. Portnoy’s Complaint - Philip Roth 3. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 4. Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White 5. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape - Peter Hedges 6. Sophie’s Choice - William Styron 7. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis de Bernières 8. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret - Judy Blume 9. Pudd’nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 10. Where’s Charley? - George Abbott 11. 'Salem’s Lot - Stephen King 12. Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin ---
**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 9, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65089 "2019-04-09T04:55:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 'Salem’s Lot actually has two!: ['Salem's Lot - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Salem%27s_Lot) I’m aware of that, but the prompt called for _an_ apostrophe, not _one or more_ apostrophes. So I just dropped the first one for my entry. 😛 ---
**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, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65090 "2019-04-09T10:32:39Z")
Fiction with an apostrophe in the title 1. Katie’s Way - Marta Perry 2. Portnoy’s Complaint - Philip Roth 3. Ender’s Game - Orson Scott Card 4. Charlotte’s Web - E.B. White 5. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape - Peter Hedges 6. Sophie’s Choice - William Styron 7. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis de Bernières 8. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret - Judy Blume 9. Pudd’nhead Wilson - Mark Twain 10. Where’s Charley? - George Abbott 11. 'Salem’s Lot - Stephen King 12. Rosemary’s Baby - Ira Levin 13. The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come - John Bunyan Thought I’d put the whole title in even though nobody uses it much(and I had to look it up for the exact wording). Next: Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner ---
**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 9, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65091 "2019-04-09T12:23:29Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett There’s lot of children’s titles with !. That was mean to exclude them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65092 "2019-04-09T12:42:08Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury ---
**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, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65093 "2019-04-09T13:19:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > There’s lot of children’s titles with !. That was mean to exclude them. ☹ Excluding them was deliberate! The category could have been filled out with Dr. Seuss alone! This way those of us who prefer not to google for answers and without regular exposure to rug rats have a chance 🙂 Oh, and: ! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65094 "2019-04-09T13:30:16Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. _Very Good, Jeeves!_ by P.G. Wodehouse ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65095 "2019-04-09T13:34:58Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65096 "2019-04-09T14:12:52Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh Based on a true story, but obviously fictionalized. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65097 "2019-04-09T18:33:05Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65098 "2019-04-09T18:45:17Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! Sure, it’s a movie, but I think it’s valid. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65099 "2019-04-09T19:27:01Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! 9. Ah, Wilderness! - Eugene O’Neill ---
**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, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65100 "2019-04-09T20:24:16Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! 9. Ah, Wilderness! - Eugene O’Neill 10. The Swoop! by P.G. Wodehouse ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65101 "2019-04-09T20:25:51Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! 9. Ah, Wilderness! - Eugene O’Neill 10. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! - G. B. Trudeau The Feynman book isn’t fiction. ---
**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, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65102 "2019-04-09T20:35:56Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > The Feynman book isn’t fiction. Yes, I realized that after posting and replaced it with Wodehouse Housekeeping: Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! 9. Ah, Wilderness! - Eugene O’Neill 10. The Swoop! by P.G. Wodehouse 11. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! - G. B. Trudeau ---
**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, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65103 "2019-04-10T05:12:47Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! 9. Ah, Wilderness! - Eugene O’Neill 10. The Swoop! by P.G. Wodehouse 11. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! - G. B. Trudeau 12. Oliver! The movie and stage musicals based on the Charles Dickens novel. ---
**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, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65104 "2019-04-10T12:42:40Z")
Adult fiction with an exclamation point (!) in the title: 1. Absalom, Absalom!, by William Faulkner 2. Thud! - Terry Pratchett 3. I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories, by Ray Bradbury 4. Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse 5. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 6. The Informant! dir. by Steven Soderbergh 7. The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson 8. Airplane! 9. Ah, Wilderness! - Eugene O’Neill 10. The Swoop! by P.G. Wodehouse 11. Guilty, Guilty, Guilty! - G. B. Trudeau 12. Oliver! 13. Oklahoma! The Broadway play that ushered in the modern musical Next Common Latin phrases: 1. Caveat emptor (‘let the buyer beware’) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65105 "2019-04-10T12:48:00Z")
Common Latin phrases: 1. Caveat emptor (‘let the buyer beware’) 2. Carpe diem (‘seize the day’) ---
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Common Latin phrases: 1. Caveat emptor (‘let the buyer beware’) 2. Carpe diem (‘seize the day’) 3. E pluribus unum (“from many, one”) ---
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