Diane Rehm

Diane Rehm

NPR Host and Book Advocate

Legendary public radio broadcaster known for thoughtful interviews and deep engagement with literature and ideas.

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Diane Rehm hosted the nationally syndicated NPR program "The Diane Rehm Show" for 37 years, becoming one of public radio's most recognized voices. Her show featured in-depth discussions on politics, culture, and books, reaching millions of listeners. She has been a passionate advocate for reading and authored several books about her life and career.

10 Books Recommended by Diane Rehm

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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#1

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14 people recommended

Examines the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and government repression.

Also recommended by: Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, Anna Akana, Brad Delong, Christopher Hitchens, Emma Watson, J Cole, Jenn Im, Jordan Peterson, Matt Mullenweg, Noam Chomsky, Sahil Lavingia, Tristan Harris

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Klara and the Sun

by Kazuo Ishiguro

5 people recommended

Set in a not-too-distant future where a young child must be schooled at home without classmates because of fragile health.

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Also recommended by: Ann Patchett, Ezra Klein, Jack Edwards, Jenny Lawson

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#3

The Dutch House

by Ann Patchett

3 people recommended

The story of two siblings whose mother abandons them as young children.

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Also recommended by: Dana Perino, Stephen King

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3 people recommended

About the romantic devotion one man has for a woman from his youth.

Also recommended by: Oprah Winfrey, Bryan Callen

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#5

The Fire Next Time

by James Baldwin

2 people recommended

Was a national best seller and was seen as a voice for the emerging Civil Rights movement.

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Also recommended by: Ta Nehisi Coates

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#6

The Prophets

by Robert Jones, Jr.

2 people recommended

Tells the story of two enslaved boys, Isaiah and Samuel, who fall in love on a Mississippi plantation in antebellum America.

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Also recommended by: Marc Lamont Hill

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#7

The Lying Life of Adults

by Elena Ferrante

2 people recommended

It’s the 1990s and we meet a teenager from a middle-class family, who learns the adults in her world are not to be trusted.

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Also recommended by: Ann Patchett

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2 people recommendedrecommended 2x

The story of a young girl growing up in the years following the Great Depression and who is convinced that her blackness makes her ugly and worthless.

The story of a young girl growing up in the years following the Great Depression and who is convinced that her blackness makes her ugly and worthless.

Also recommended by: Oprah Winfrey

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Finding the Mother Tree

by Suzanne Simard

Has revealed that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks.

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#10

Lucky Boy

by Shanthi Sekaran

Tells the story of two women and a baby boy caught between them.

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