Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List

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

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

by Susana M. Morris

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

Categorized under:

Biography & Autobiography / African American & Black
Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography / Women

2-time BLK Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
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February 2026 – Classic

There Is Confusion

by Jessie Redmon Fauset

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

Categorized under:

Fiction / African American & Black / Historical
Fiction / City Life
Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary

1-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
Selected for 1 Book Club Reading List

March 2026 – New Author

The Risk of Loving You: When Danger Meets Desire

by Dana Bari

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

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April 2026 – Anthology

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

by Damon Young

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

Categorized under:

Humor / Form / Essays
Humor / Topic / Regional & Cultural
Literary Collections / African American & Black

1-time BLK Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
Selected for 1 Book Club Reading List

May 2026 – International

Catch: A Novel

by Yrsa Daley-Ward

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Imprint: Liveright Publishing Corporation (Jun 03, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9781324092513

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