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. You may review the complete list below. You’ll definitely discover some great books and authors.
Added Bonus: Purchase all 6 books and you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). Plus, Go On Girl! Book Club members get 10% off (see leadership for member discount code).
January 1992 – Selection
The Street: A Novel
by Ann Petry
- A Top 10 Book in the “Urban Fiction Books – Pre 1999” Category
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Publication Date: Mar 28, 1999
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780395901496
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Read a Description of The Street: A Novel
February 1992 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Bailey’s Cafe
by Gloria Naylor
Publication Date: Aug 31, 1993
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780679748212
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Read a Description of Bailey’s Cafe
March 1992 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Blanche on the Lam
by Barbara Neely
Publication Date: Feb 01, 1992
List Price: $16.95
Format: Hardcover, 180 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312069087
Imprint: St. Martin’s Press
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Read a Description of Blanche on the Lam
April 1992 – Selection
Jazz
by Toni Morrison
Publication Date: Jun 08, 2004
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781400076215
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Read a Description of Jazz
May 1992 – Selection
High Cotton: A Novel
by Darryl Pinckney
Publication Date: Feb 07, 2017
List Price: $18.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312420222
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Read a Description of High Cotton: A Novel
June 1992 – Selection
1959: A Novel
by Thulani Davis
Publication Date: Sep 02, 2001
List Price: $13.00
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780802138316
Imprint: Grove Press
Publisher: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
Parent Company: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
Read a Description of 1959: A Novel
July 1992 – Selection
Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters
by Mary Helen Washington
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Publication Date: Jan 01, 1993
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 271 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780060975036
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
Read a Description of Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers and Daughters
August 1992 – Selection
Memory of Kin: Stories About Family by Black Writers
by Mary Helen Washington
Publication Date: Dec 01, 1990
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385247832
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Read a Description of Memory of Kin: Stories About Family by Black Writers
September 1992 – Selection
Waiting To Exhale
by Terry McMillan
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Publication Date: May 28, 1992
List Price: $22.95
Format: Hardcover, 409 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780670839803
Imprint: Viking Press
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Read a Description of Waiting To Exhale
October 1992 – Selection
Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory (Radical Thinkers)
by Michele Wallace
Publication Date: Nov 08, 2016
List Price: $17.95
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781786631954
Imprint: Verso Books
Publisher: Verso Books
Parent Company: Verso Books
Read a Description of Invisibility Blues: From Pop to Theory (Radical Thinkers)
November 1992 – Selection
Wild Seed (Patternist #1)
by Octavia Butler
Publication Date: Mar 17, 2020
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781538751480
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Hachette Livre