Wallis Chan's votes on the list Thoughtful Reads / Book Club

Listopia > Wallis Chan's votes on the list Thoughtful Reads / Book Club (39 Books)

1	The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke 3.85 avg rating — 4,871 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis by David Foster Wallace 4.14 avg rating — 6,323 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age by Archie Brown 3.66 avg rating — 817 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 58,009 ratings Wallis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight 4.45 avg rating — 388,426 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Time Travel: A History by James Gleick (Goodreads Author) 3.58 avg rating — 4,812 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time by Maria Konnikova (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 6,186 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars by Dava Sobel 3.60 avg rating — 3,641 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong 4.16 avg rating — 33,579 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben 4.06 avg rating — 92,984 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself by Sean Carroll (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 10,560 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security by Sarah Chayes 4.11 avg rating — 1,080 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success by Angela Duckworth (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 147,538 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 12,036 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance by John Kay 3.92 avg rating — 1,505 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 113,652 ratings Wallis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds by Michael Lewis 3.99 avg rating — 65,296 ratings Wallis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,561 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Black Box Thinking: Why Some People Never Learn from Their Mistakes - But Some Do by Matthew Syed 4.27 avg rating — 15,010 ratings Wallis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 3,384,863 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Vegetarian by Han Kang 3.65 avg rating — 453,234 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan by Sebastian Mallaby 4.33 avg rating — 1,326 ratings Wallis rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy by Mervyn A. King 4.06 avg rating — 2,250 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull 4.20 avg rating — 105,467 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild 4.12 avg rating — 18,330 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin 3.96 avg rating — 8,968 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 118,197 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	All That Man Is by David Szalay 3.71 avg rating — 11,843 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life by John le Carré 4.05 avg rating — 6,876 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg 3.77 avg rating — 25,728 ratings Wallis added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 705,102 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan 4.16 avg rating — 52,119 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity by Lynda Gratton 3.82 avg rating — 2,338 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance 3.83 avg rating — 514,546 ratings Wallis rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 by Lionel Shriver (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 12,262 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) by Robert J. Gordon 4.19 avg rating — 2,208 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Romanovs, 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 17,016 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Kissinger: Vol 1: The Idealist, 1923-1968 by Niall Ferguson 4.17 avg rating — 1,240 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Industries of the Future by Alec J. Ross (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 8,469 ratings Wallis added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars