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 1999 – Selection (Author of the Year)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
by Sam Greenlee
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Wayne State University Press (May 01, 1989)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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February 1999 – Selection
The Lady, Her Lover, and Her Lord
by T. D. Jakes
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Berkley Books (Jul 01, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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March 1999 – Selection
Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary
by Juan Williams
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Broadway Books (Feb 01, 2000)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 504 pages
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April 1999 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Parable of the Sower
by Octavia Butler
21-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Grand Central Publishing (Apr 16, 2019)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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May 1999 – Selection
The Harris Family: A Novel
by R.M. Johnson
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Simon & Schuster (Oct 08, 2002)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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June 1999 – Selection
The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love
by Rosemarie Robotham
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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July 1999 – Selection
With Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together
by Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
It Books (Jan 26, 2000)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 528 pages
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August 1999 – Selection
My One Good Nerve
by Ruby Dee
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Wiley (Oct 26, 1998)
Fiction, Hardcover, 194 pages
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September 1999 – Selection
The Silent Cradle
by Margaret Cuthbert
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Pocket Books (Feb 01, 1999)
Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 496 pages
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October 1999 – Selection
Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street
by Lee Stringer
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Seven Stories Press (Jul 06, 2010)
Fiction, Paperback, 249 pages
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November 1999 – Selection
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The Black Panther Party [Reconsidered]
by Charles E. Jones
- A Top 10 Book in the “Books about the Black Panther Party” Category
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Black Classic Press (Sep 22, 2005)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 519 pages
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December 1999 – Selection
What Looks LIke Crazy On an Ordinary Day
by Pearl Cleage
- Voted #59 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- A 1998 Oprah Book Club Selection
William Morrow Paperbacks (Jan 27, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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