\n\tThe list includes lesser-known cult classics such as John Williams\u2019 \u201cStoner\u201d<\/a> (a 1965 novel that recently returned to the zeitgest thanks to #BookTok), the buzzy New York Times bestseller \u201cMartyr!\u201d by Kaveh Akbar<\/a> and Luigi Pirandello\u2019s esoteric philosophical text \u201cOne, No One and One Hundred Thousand.\u201d <\/a>He\u2019s got range, baby!<\/p>\n \n\tWilliams has mentioned some of the titles in passing during interviews. Others, he\u2019s felt so passionately about that he\u2019s taken to Instagram to share rave reviews to his 4.4 million followers. On \u201cMartyr!,\u201d which follows a young, queer, recovering alcoholic and poet, he wrote: \u201cFor anyone\u2019s who\u2019s felt like a diletante artist or for biracial people who feel disconnected from their culture(s). Also for agnostic atheists.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe also wrote that Joan Didion\u2019s \u201cPlay It As It Lays\u201d <\/a>\u201cgoes down like absthinthe (but it\u2019s amazing)\u201d and that \u201cStoner\u201d is \u201cbeautiful in its simplicity.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tUnsurprisingly, Williams\u2019 diehard fans jumped to get their hands on the actor\u2019s favorite titles. One librarian noted that \u201cMartyr!\u201d immediately grew a mounting waiting list after he posted about it on Instagram, while bookstores across the country have created display tables dedicated to his recommendations. <\/p>\n \n\tBelow, a list of Williams\u2019 favorite books:<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tIt Lasts Forever and Then It\u2019s Over by Anne de Marcken\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tPlay It As It Lays by Joan Didion\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNO. 1 BESTSELLER\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tDidion and Babitz by Lili Anolik\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tOne, No One and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tLes Miserables by Victor Hugo\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tSex and Rage by Eve Babitz\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tThe Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tSlow Days, Fast Company: The World, The Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tMy Struggle: Book 1 by Karl Ove Knausgaard \t\t<\/p>\n![\"Hudson](\"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-variety-2020\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\")
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