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Jesse Williams

Jesse Williams Book Recommendations

Jesse Williams is an American actor, director, producer and activist.

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5 Books Recommended

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

"F*cking funny, vivid, and adventurous. Sometimes that’s what we need." - Jesse Williams (Source)

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Guns, Germs, and Steel

The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

"Helped rid me of the nagging incompleteness in my understood connection between the successes and failings of ancient and modern civilizations." - Jesse Williams (Source)

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

"The characters’ dilemmas just rocked my world in high school." - Jesse Williams (Source)

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

"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 (Source)

The Souls of Black Folk

by W. E. B. Du Bois

"A seminal work in American and African-American literature." - Jesse Williams (Source)