Books Recommended by Jesse Williams
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
Jared Diamond
Source: "Helped rid me of the nagging incompleteness in my understood connection between the successes and failings of ancient and modern civilizations." - Jesse Williams
The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
Source: "The protagonist’s audacious self-confidence and refusal to compromise his artistic vision—which was to say, himself—was a fascinating thing to survey." - Jesse Williams
The Souls of Black Folk
W. E. B. Du Bois
Source: "A seminal work in American and African-American literature." - Jesse Williams
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
Source: "F*cking funny, vivid, and adventurous. Sometimes that’s what we need." - Jesse Williams
Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison
Source: "The characters’ dilemmas just rocked my world in high school." - Jesse Williams
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