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 2026 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

Cover: Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Susana M. Morris

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Amistad (Aug 05, 2025)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
ISBN: 9780063212077Publisher: HarperCollins

February 2026 – Classic

Cover: There Is Confusion

There Is Confusion

by Jessie Redmon Fauset

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Dover Publications (May 21, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
ISBN: 9780486843506Publisher: Dover Publications

March 2026 – New Author

Cover: The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire

The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire

by Dana Bari

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AscendED (Sep 10, 2025)
Fiction, Paperback, 180 pages
Publisher: AscendED

April 2026 – Anthology

Cover: That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor

by Damon Young

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Pantheon Books (Jun 03, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
ISBN: 9780593317112Publisher: Penguin Random House

May 2026 – International

Cover: Catch: A Novel

Catch: A Novel

by Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
ISBN: 9781324092513Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

June 2026 – Novel

Cover: Dominion: A Novel

Dominion: A Novel

by Addie E. Citchens

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Fiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
ISBN: 9780374609337Publisher: Macmillan Publishers

July 2026 – Novel/Popular Fiction

Cover: Kin: A Novel

Kin: A Novel

by Tayari Jones

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Knopf Publishing Group (Feb 24, 2026)
Fiction, Hardcover, 368 pages
ISBN: 9780525659181Publisher: Penguin Random House

August 2026 – Mystery/Thriller

Cover: We Don’t Talk about Carol

We Don’t Talk about Carol

by Kristen L. Berry

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Bantam (Jun 03, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
ISBN: 9780593974438Publisher: Penguin Random House