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 1998 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman
by Jill Nelson
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Publication Date: Feb 01, 1999
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780140277241
Imprint: Penguin Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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February 1998 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
The Seasons of Beento Blackbird
by Akosua Busia
Publication Date: Dec 01, 1997
List Price: $24.95
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780671014094
Imprint: Touchstone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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March 1998 – Selection
The Best of Simple
by Langston Hughes
Publication Date: Sep 28, 1990
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780374521332
Imprint: Hill and Wang
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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April 1998 – Selection
Between Each Line of Pain and Glory: My Life Story
by Gladys Knight
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Publication Date: Oct 07, 1998
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780786883714
Imprint: Hyperion
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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May 1998 – Selection
Keep Still (Marti MacAlister Mysteries)
by Eleanor Taylor Bland
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Publication Date: Feb 15, 1998
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312961725
Imprint: St. Martin’s Paperbacks
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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June 1998 – Selection
A Shining Thread of Hope
by Darlene Clark Hine and Kathleen Thompson
Publication Date: Jan 05, 1999
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780767901116
Imprint: Broadway Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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July 1998 – Selection
Honey, Hush!: An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor
by Daryl Cumber Dance
Publication Date: Nov 17, 1998
List Price: $35.00
Format: Paperback, 720 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780393318180
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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August 1998 – Selection
Caucasia: A Novel
by Danzy Senna
Publication Date: Feb 01, 1999
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781573227162
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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September 1998 – Selection
Go Tell It on the Mountain
by James Baldwin
- Voted #55 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: Sep 12, 2013
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780375701870
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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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
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Publication Date: Sep 14, 1999
List Price: $17.99
Format: Paperback, 326 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780684848068
Imprint: Touchstone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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November 1998 – Selection
My Soul to Keep
by Tananarive Due
- Voted #40 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: Apr 28, 1998
List Price: $15.99
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780061053665
Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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December 1998 – Selection
Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography
by Donald Bogle
Publication Date: Oct 12, 2021
List Price: $29.99
Format: Paperback, 640 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780063079328
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp