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.
January 1993 – Selection
Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics
by bell hooks
Routledge (Oct 29, 2014)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 250 pages
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February 1993 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine
by Bebe Moore Campbell
Ballantine Books (Aug 10, 1993)
Fiction, Paperback, 332 pages
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March 1993 – Selection
And Do Remember Me
by Marita Golden
Ballantine Books (Jul 19, 1994)
Fiction, Paperback, 206 pages
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April 1993 – Selection
One Dark Body
by Charlotte Watson Sherman
Sweet Inspiration Press (Oct 27, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 210 pages
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May 1993 – Selection
Dust Tracks On A Road: An Autobiography
by Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Perennial (Nov 02, 2010)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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June 1993 – Selection
Joy
by Marsha Hunt
Fiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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July 1993 – Selection
Buppies, B-boys, Baps, And Bohos: Notes On Post-soul Black Culture
by Nelson George
Da Capo Press (Jul 12, 2001)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 384 pages
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August 1993 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Nouvelle Soul: Short Stories
by Barbara Summers
Amistad (Jun 01, 1994)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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September 1993 – Selection
Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo: A Novel
by Ntozake Shange
St. Martin’s Griffin (Sep 28, 2010)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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October 1993 – Selection
Kindred
by Octavia Butler
18-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A Top 10 Book in the “Science Fiction Books” Category
- Voted #15 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 8 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Beacon Press (Feb 01, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
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November 1993 – Selection
A Taste of Power: A Black Woman’s Story
by Elaine Brown
- A Top 10 Book in the “Books about the Black Panther Party” Category
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Anchor (Dec 01, 1993)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 452 pages
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December 1993 – Selection
A Lesson Before Dying
by Ernest Gaines
2-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Voted #16 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- A 1997 Oprah Book Club Selection
- 1994 BCALA Literary Award
Vintage Books (Sep 01, 1994)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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