Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List

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Launched in 1991, Go On Girl! Book Club, Inc. is one of the largest national reading organizations in the U.S. for Black women. Their reading list spans over a quarter of a century.

January 1992 – Selection

Cover: The Street: A Novel

The Street: A Novel

by Ann Petry

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February 1992 – Selection (Author of the Year)

Cover: Bailey’s Cafe

Bailey’s Cafe

by Gloria Naylor

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March 1992 – Selection (New Author of the Year)

Cover: Blanche on the Lam

Blanche on the Lam

by Barbara Neely

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Imprint: St. Martin’s Press (Feb 01, 1992)
Fiction, Hardcover, 180 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780312069087

April 1992 – Selection

Cover: Jazz

Jazz

by Toni Morrison

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Imprint: Vintage Books (Jun 08, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781400076215

May 1992 – Selection

Cover: High Cotton: A Novel

High Cotton: A Novel

by Darryl Pinckney

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Imprint: Picador (Feb 07, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780312420222

June 1992 – Selection

Cover: 1959: A Novel

1959: A Novel

by Thulani Davis

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Imprint: Grove Press (Sep 02, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 9780802138316

July 1992 – Selection

Cover: Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters

Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters

by Mary Helen Washington

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Imprint: Harper Perennial (Jan 01, 1993)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 271 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060975036

August 1992 – Selection

Cover: Memory of Kin: Stories About Family by Black Writers

Memory of Kin: Stories About Family by Black Writers

by Mary Helen Washington

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Imprint: Anchor (Dec 01, 1990)
Fiction, Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385247832

September 1992 – Selection

Cover: Waiting To Exhale

Waiting To Exhale

by Terry McMillan

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Imprint: Viking Press (May 28, 1992)
Fiction, Hardcover, 409 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780670839803
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October 1992 – Selection

Cover: Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory (Radical Thinkers)

Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory (Radical Thinkers)

by Michele Wallace

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November 1992 – Selection

Cover: Wild Seed (Patternist #1)

Wild Seed (Patternist #1)

by Octavia E. Butler

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Imprint: Grand Central Publishing (Mar 17, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9781538751480