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.
Purchase all 6* books on the January – June 2024 reading list, and you will get 10% off, free shipping, and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). *Shadow Dancing by Louise Meriwether is out of print, but can be borrowed from your local library and used copies are available on Amazon.
January 1995 – Selection
Serpent’s Gift
by Helen Elaine Lee
Publication Date: Oct 01, 1995
List Price: $24.95
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780684801605
Imprint: Scribner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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February 1995 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Sisters & Lovers: A Novel
by Connie Briscoe
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Publication Date: Jan 30, 1995
List Price: $8.99
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 416 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780804113342
Imprint: One World/Ballantine
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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March 1995 – Selection
Chesapeake Song
by Brenda Lane Richardson
Publication Date: Dec 08, 1999
List Price: $19.95
Format: Paperback, 371 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781567430400
Imprint: Harper Paperbacks
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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April 1995 – Selection
Brothers and Sisters
by Bebe Moore Campbell
Publication Date: Sep 01, 1995
List Price: $7.99
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 560 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780425149409
Imprint: Berkley Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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May 1995 – Selection
Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color—A Journey from Prison to Power
by Patrice Gaines
Publication Date: Sep 13, 1994
List Price: $24.00
Format: Hardcover, 295 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780517594759
Imprint: Crown
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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June 1995 – Selection
Black Empire
by George S. Schuyler
Paperback Unavailable for Sale from AALBC
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Publication Date: Aug 03, 1993
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781555531683
Imprint: Northeastern
Publisher: Northeastern
Parent Company: Northeastern
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July 1995 – Selection
Saving Our Sons: Raising Black Children in a Turbulent World
by Marita Golden
Publication Date: Dec 01, 1995
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780385473033
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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August 1995 – Selection
Brotherman: The Odyssey of Black Men in America—An Anthology
by Herb Boyd and Robert L. Allen
Paperback Unavailable for Sale from AALBC
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- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 1996 BCALA Literary Award
Publication Date: Jan 30, 1996
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 960 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780345383174
Imprint: One World/Ballantine
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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September 1995 – Selection
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
- Voted #5 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 10 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Coretta Scott King Award Winning Book 1971
Publication Date: Mar 05, 2002
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780375507892
Imprint: Random House
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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October 1995 – Selection
When Death Comes Stealing (Tamara Hayle Mysteries)
by Valerie Wilson Wesley
Publication Date: Jul 01, 1995
List Price: $6.99
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780380724918
Imprint: Avon
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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November 1995 – Selection
Sally Hemings: A Novel
by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Paperback Unavailable for Sale from AALBC
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Publication Date: Aug 05, 2000
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 348 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312247041
Imprint: St. Martin’s Griffin
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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December 1995 – Selection
In the Company of My Sisters
by Julia A. Boyd
Publication Date: Feb 01, 1997
List Price: $13.00
Format: Paperback, 160 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780452272460
Imprint: Plume
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann