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
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
Klara and the Sun
5 people recommendedSet in a not-too-distant future where a young child must be schooled at home without classmates because of fragile health.
Also recommended by: Ann Patchett, Ezra Klein, Jack Edwards, Jenny Lawson
The Dutch House
3 people recommendedThe story of two siblings whose mother abandons them as young children.
Also recommended by: Dana Perino, Stephen King
About the romantic devotion one man has for a woman from his youth.
Also recommended by: Oprah Winfrey, Bryan Callen
The Fire Next Time
2 people recommendedWas a national best seller and was seen as a voice for the emerging Civil Rights movement.
Also recommended by: Ta Nehisi Coates
The Prophets
2 people recommendedTells the story of two enslaved boys, Isaiah and Samuel, who fall in love on a Mississippi plantation in antebellum America.
Also recommended by: Marc Lamont Hill
The Lying Life of Adults
2 people recommendedItβs the 1990s and we meet a teenager from a middle-class family, who learns the adults in her world are not to be trusted.
Also recommended by: Ann Patchett
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
Finding the Mother Tree
Has revealed that forests are social, cooperative creatures connected through underground networks.