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 1997 – Selection
Big Girls Don’t Cry
by Connie Briscoe
Publication Date: Jul 01, 1997
List Price: $14.00
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780345413628
Imprint: One World/Ballantine
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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February 1997 – Selection
Nappy: Growing Up Black and Female in America
by Aliona L. Gibson
Publication Date: Jul 01, 2000
List Price: $13.00
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780863163296
Imprint: Writers and Readers Publishing
Publisher: Writers & Readers Publishing
Parent Company: For Beginners LLC
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March 1997 – Selection
Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice
by April Sinclair
Paperback Unavailable for Sale from AALBC
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Publication Date: Jan 30, 2007
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780380727940
Imprint: Harper Paperbacks
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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April 1997 – Selection
Don’t Block the Blessings
by Patti Labelle
Publication Date: Oct 04, 1996
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 305 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781573220392
Imprint: Riverhead Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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May 1997 – Selection
The Wedding: A Novel
by Dorothy West
Publication Date: Jan 01, 1996
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385471442
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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June 1997 – Selection
Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime: Stories
by J. California Cooper
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Voted #6 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Publication Date: Sep 01, 1996
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385467889
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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July 1997 – Selection
Tumbling: A Novel
by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Publication Date: Jun 29, 2010
List Price: $13.99
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780061792120
Imprint: Harper Perennial
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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August 1997 – Selection
Gone Fishin’ (Easy Rawlins, Book 6)
by Walter Mosley
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Publication Date: Feb 01, 1997
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Hardcover, 244 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781574780253
Imprint: Black Classic Press
Publisher: Black Classic Press
Parent Company: Black Classic Press
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September 1997 – Selection
The Hand I Fan With
by Tina McElroy Ansa
Publication Date: Dec 29, 1997
List Price: $16.95
Format: Paperback, 480 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385476010
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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October 1997 – Selection
He Say, She Say
by Yolanda Joe
Publication Date: Feb 01, 1998
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780446605700
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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November 1997 – Selection
Only Twice I’ve Wished for Heaven
by Dawn Turner Trice
- Voted #52 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Publication Date: Feb 28, 1998
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 318 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385491235
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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December 1997 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Tryin’ To Sleep In The Bed You Made
by Virginia Deberry and Donna Grant
Publication Date: Jan 08, 2008
List Price: $26.99
Format: Paperback
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312383725
Imprint: St. Martin’s Press
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group