Wallis Chan's votes on the list New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 (fiction and nonfiction)

Listopia > Wallis Chan's votes on the list New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2016 (fiction and nonfiction) (70 Books)

1	The Return by Hisham Matar 4.16 avg rating — 16,541 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
2	The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 455,033 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	Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 420,595 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
4	All That Man Is by David Szalay 3.70 avg rating — 11,398 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
5	The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 14,722 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	Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 87,085 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	Commonwealth by Ann Patchett 3.84 avg rating — 211,013 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	LaRose by Louise Erdrich 3.92 avg rating — 25,060 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	Nutshell by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.68 avg rating — 59,547 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
10	The Vegetarian by Han Kang 3.65 avg rating — 432,935 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
11	Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 42,305 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
12	Barkskins by Annie Proulx 3.84 avg rating — 20,924 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	Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 134,602 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
14	Everybody's Fool (Sully, #2) by Richard Russo (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 17,711 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	My Name Is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1) by Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 195,540 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
16	The Nix by Nathan Hill 4.08 avg rating — 88,774 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
17	Reputations by Juan Gabriel Vásquez 3.71 avg rating — 3,208 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
18	The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan 3.56 avg rating — 3,837 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	Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple 3.16 avg rating — 72,079 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
20	Swing Time by Zadie Smith 3.56 avg rating — 78,093 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
21	All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,597 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
22	American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst by Jeffrey Toobin 3.87 avg rating — 12,428 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
23	Blood at the Root: A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips 4.31 avg rating — 3,565 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
24	Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen 4.19 avg rating — 56,569 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	City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York by Tyler Anbinder 4.32 avg rating — 1,042 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	Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right by Jane Mayer 4.31 avg rating — 27,686 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
27	The Defender: How the Legendary Black Newspaper Changed America by Ethan Michaeli (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 470 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
28	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 117,129 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
29	The Face of Britain: The Nation Through its Portraits by Simon Schama 4.02 avg rating — 287 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	The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee 4.34 avg rating — 57,427 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
31	Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea by Mitchell Duneier 3.75 avg rating — 590 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
32	Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard 4.12 avg rating — 18,036 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
33	His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt by Joseph Lelyveld 4.07 avg rating — 494 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	Far & Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change: Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years by Andrew Solomon 3.93 avg rating — 753 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
35	From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton 4.17 avg rating — 839 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	I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong 4.17 avg rating — 33,109 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
37	An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler by Peter Fritzsche 3.79 avg rating — 264 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	How to Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS by David France 4.44 avg rating — 4,472 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	Hitler: Ascent 1889-1939 by Volker Ullrich 4.44 avg rating — 3,197 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
40	How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks 3.94 avg rating — 1,880 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
41	Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O'Neil 3.87 avg rating — 30,745 ratings Wallis rated it 3 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
42	When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi 4.41 avg rating — 838,922 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
43	When in French: Love in a Second Language by Lauren Collins 3.51 avg rating — 3,713 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
44	White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg 3.77 avg rating — 25,608 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
45	Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 3,863 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
46	Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild 4.12 avg rating — 18,244 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
47	Sing for Your Life: A Story of Race, Music, and Family by Daniel Bergner 3.91 avg rating — 1,798 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
48	Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life by Ruth Franklin (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 5,404 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
49	Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich 4.46 avg rating — 22,866 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
50	Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story by Matti Friedman 4.07 avg rating — 1,925 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
51	A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS by Robert F. Worth 4.24 avg rating — 1,152 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
52	Pretentiousness: Why It Matters by Dan Fox 3.81 avg rating — 1,106 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
53	Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror by Michael V. Hayden 3.81 avg rating — 2,050 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
54	Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 72,884 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
55	Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien 3.92 avg rating — 24,656 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
56	The North Water by Ian McGuire (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 35,601 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
57	Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 11,976 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
58	Mischling by Affinity Konar (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 16,350 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
59	Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 by Blanche Wiesen Cook 4.21 avg rating — 585 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
60	End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 162,162 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
61	Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 27,834 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
62	The Man Who Knew: The Life and Times of Alan Greenspan by Sebastian Mallaby 4.32 avg rating — 1,304 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
63	The Limousine Liberal: How an Incendiary Image United the Right and Fractured America by Steve Fraser 3.14 avg rating — 70 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
64	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 — 2,194 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
65	The English and their History by Robert Tombs 4.21 avg rating — 2,847 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
66	Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy by Heather Ann Thompson (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 5,118 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
67	In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi 3.93 avg rating — 4,244 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
68	New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America by Wendy Warren 3.89 avg rating — 473 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
69	At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell 4.24 avg rating — 19,899 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
70	In Gratitude by Jenny Diski 3.73 avg rating — 768 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