Bare bone themes are great, personally I prefer them over frameworks. I have noticed that ‘liking’ one over another comes down to how it feels, so I would suggest trying several out until you find one. For instance a lot people like WordPress boilerplate but I could not get the hang of it. My current favorite is Handcrafted WP, since it very similar to my own custom theme that was also based on Toolbox.
Here are some worth checking out:
Roots
Handcrafted WP
WordPress Shell
ToolBox
HTML5 reset
TwentyTen Five
Boilerplate
HTML5 Boilerplate
Starker HTML5
Starkers HTML5 V3
WP-Skeleton
Bones
rtPanel
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