# Books, books, books, and more books! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 1, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234 "2026-01-01T10:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [January 6, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/41 "2026-01-06T22:09:21Z")
**Picture Books with Amazing Artwork** 1. _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_ [as illustrated by Anthony Browne](https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2015/mar/29/anthony-browne-alice-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll) 2. _Dinotopia_, written and illustrated by James Gurney 3. _Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book_, written and illustrated by Brian Froud. 4. _Realms of Fantasy_, written / edited by Malcolm Edwards and Robert Holdstock, various illustrators. 5. _The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable_, written by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby. 6. _The Arrival_, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan 7. _Where the Wild Things Are_, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak 8. _Saint George and the Dragon_, retold by Margaret Hodges and illustrated by Trina Schart Hayman Winner of the Caldecott Medal for illustration, 1985 > **[Saint George and the Dragon (book) - Wikipedia](https://www.google.com/share.google?q=n6lcD5ahvHir9TmDT)** And @Gyrate that’s quite a story about the effect of _The Arrival_ on your mother ---
**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:** [January 9, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/42 "2026-01-09T17:23:49Z")
**Picture Books with Amazing Artwork** 1. _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_ [as illustrated by Anthony Browne](https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2015/mar/29/anthony-browne-alice-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll) 2. _Dinotopia_, written and illustrated by James Gurney 3. _Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book_, written and illustrated by Brian Froud. 4. _Realms of Fantasy_, written / edited by Malcolm Edwards and Robert Holdstock, various illustrators. 5. _The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable_, written by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby. 6. _The Arrival_, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan 7. _Where the Wild Things Are_, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak 8. _Saint George and the Dragon_, retold by Margaret Hodges and illustrated by Trina Schart Hayman 9. _Robin Hood_, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/43 "2026-01-09T18:24:44Z")
**Picture Books with Amazing Artwork** 1. _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_ [as illustrated by Anthony Browne](https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2015/mar/29/anthony-browne-alice-in-wonderland-lewis-carroll) 2. _Dinotopia_, written and illustrated by James Gurney 3. _Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book_, written and illustrated by Brian Froud. 4. _Realms of Fantasy_, written / edited by Malcolm Edwards and Robert Holdstock, various illustrators. 5. _The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable_, written by Terry Pratchett, illustrated by Paul Kidby. 6. _The Arrival_, written and illustrated by Shaun Tan 7. _Where the Wild Things Are_, written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak 8. _Saint George and the Dragon_, retold by Margaret Hodges and illustrated by Trina Schart Hayman 9. _Robin Hood_, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth 10. _Animalia_, written and illustrated by Graeme Base **=PASS=** ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/44 "2026-01-09T23:22:29Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/45 "2026-01-10T17:20:59Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/46 "2026-01-10T21:26:45Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/47 "2026-01-10T21:39:56Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë 4. _The Long Walk_, by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/48 "2026-01-10T21:53:22Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë 4. _The Long Walk_, by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King 5. _The Cuckoo’s Calling_, by Robert Galbraith, a.k.a. J.K. Rowling ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/49 "2026-01-10T22:28:41Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë 4. _The Long Walk_, by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King 5. _The Cuckoo’s Calling_, by Robert Galbraith, a.k.a. J.K. Rowling 6. _Sense and Sensibility_, by A Lady (Jane Austen) ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/50 "2026-01-10T22:45:41Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë 4. _The Long Walk_, by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King 5. _The Cuckoo’s Calling_, by Robert Galbraith, a.k.a. J.K. Rowling 6. _Sense and Sensibility_, by A Lady (Jane Austen) 7. _Story of O_, by Anne Desclos, writing as Pauline Réage ---
**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:** [January 10, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/51 "2026-01-10T22:50:43Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë 4. _The Long Walk_, by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King 5. _The Cuckoo’s Calling_, by Robert Galbraith, a.k.a. J.K. Rowling 6. _Sense and Sensibility_, by A Lady (Jane Austen) 7. _Story of O_, by Anne Desclos, writing as Pauline Réage 8. _Naked Came the Stranger_, by Penelope Ashe “Penelope Ashe” was a pseudonym. The author was actually a group of authors, each of whom wrote different chapters. From the Wikipedia entry on the book: > [@](#): > > Though credited to “Penelope Ashe”, it was written by a group of twenty-four journalists led by _[Newsday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsday)_ columnist [Mike McGrady](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_McGrady). > > McGrady’s intention was to write a book that was both deliberately terrible and contained a lot of descriptions of sex, to illustrate the point that popular American literary culture had become mindlessly vulgar. The book fulfilled the authors’ expectations and became a bestseller in 1969. Later that year, they revealed the hoax, spurring the book’s popularity. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234/52 "2026-01-13T14:17:51Z")
**Originally published anonymously, or under a pseudonym** (very old works with unknown authors don’t count) 1. _Frankenstein_, anonymously, in 1818, although just the first edition. 2. _Poor Richard’s Almanack_, 1732 - 1758, by Richard Saunders, one of the many pseudonyms of Benjamin Franklin 3. _Jane Eyre_, by Currer Bell, a.k.a. Charlotte Brontë 4. _The Long Walk_, by Richard Bachman, a.k.a. Stephen King 5. _The Cuckoo’s Calling_, by Robert Galbraith, a.k.a. J.K. Rowling 6. _Sense and Sensibility_, by A Lady (Jane Austen) 7. _Story of O_, by Anne Desclos, writing as Pauline Réage 8. _Naked Came the Stranger_, by Penelope Ashe 9. _Wuthering Heights_, by Ellis Bell, a.k.a Emily Brontë Those Brontës - so wacky. I leave the option of completing the trifecta to someone else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-books-books-and-more-books/1026234.md?page=2)