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 1998 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman
by Jill Nelson
Nonfiction, Paperback, 240 pages
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February 1998 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird
by Akosua Busia
Touchstone (Dec 01, 1997)
Fiction, Paperback, 384 pages
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March 1998 – Selection
The Best of Simple
by Langston Hughes
Hill and Wang (Sep 28, 1990)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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April 1998 – Selection
Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story
by Gladys Knight
Nonfiction, Paperback, 288 pages
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May 1998 – Selection
Keep Still (Marti MacAlister Mysteries)
by Eleanor Taylor Bland
Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages
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June 1998 – Selection
A Shining Thread of Hope
by Darlene Clark Hine and Kathleen Thompson
Broadway Books (Jan 05, 1999)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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July 1998 – Selection
Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor
by Daryl Cumber Dance
W. W. Norton & Company (Nov 17, 1998)
Fiction, Paperback, 720 pages
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August 1998 – Selection
Caucasia: A Novel
by Danzy Senna
Knopf (Feb 01, 1999)
Fiction, Paperback, 432 pages
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September 1998 – Selection
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Vintage Books (Sep 12, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 240 pages
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October 1998 – Selection
In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want
by Iyanla Vanzant
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Touchstone (Sep 14, 1999)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 326 pages
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November 1998 – Selection
My Soul to Keep
by Tananarive Due
HarperCollins Publishers (Apr 28, 1998)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
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December 1998 – Selection
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
by Donald Bogle
Amistad (Oct 12, 2021)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 640 pages
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