Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List
Launched in 1991, Go On Girl! Book Club 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. You may review the complete list below. You’ll definitely discover some great books and authors.
Added Bonuses: If you purchase all 6 books from the July – December 2020 list you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless you ship to the state of Florida). Plus, half of the profit from the sales of all books on the Go On Girl! reading list will be donated to the Go On Girl! Book Club’s Scholarship Fund.
January 2020 – International
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
by Sara Collins
Publication Date: May 21, 2019
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062851895
Imprint: Harper
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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February 2020 – Social Commentary
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
by Toni Morrison
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: Jan 14, 2020
List Price: $16.95
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780525562795
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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March 2020 – Mystery/Thriller
They All Fall Down: A Thriller
by Rachel Howzell Hall
Publication Date: Apr 09, 2019
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780765398147
Imprint: Forge
Publisher: Macmillan
Parent Company: Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck
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April 2020 – Historical
The Nickel Boys: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
- 5 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2019
Publication Date: Jul 30, 2019
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385537070
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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May 2020 – Novel
Red at the Bone
by Jacqueline Woodson
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: Sep 17, 2019
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780525535270
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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June 2020 – Short Stories
Friday Black
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Publication Date: Oct 23, 2018
List Price: $14.99
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781328911247
Imprint: Mariner Books
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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July 2020 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 4 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- A 2019 Oprah Book Club Selection
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: Sep 24, 2019
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780399590597
Imprint: One World
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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August 2020 – Novel
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- A 2020 Oprah Book Club Selection
Publication Date: Mar 03, 2020
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780735216723
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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September 2020 – New Author
Small Silent Things
by Robin Page
Publication Date: Sep 03, 2019
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062879233
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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October 2020 – Classic
Blessings: A Novel
by Sheneska Jackson
Publication Date: Jun 09, 1999
List Price: $25.95
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780684853123
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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November 2020 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Diamond Doris
by Doris Payne
Publication Date: Sep 10, 2019
List Price: $25.99
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062917997
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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December 2020 – Anthology
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
by Margaret Busby
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: May 07, 2019
List Price: $32.99
Format: Hardcover, 1040 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062912985
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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