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 2000 – Selection
No Time to Die
by Grace Edwards
Doubleday (Jun 15, 1999)
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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February 2000 – Selection
The Mis-Education of the Negro
by Carter G. Woodson
The Woodson Series (Mar 01, 2016)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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March 2000 – Selection
Slapboxing With Jesus
by Victor Lavalle
Vintage (Oct 05, 1999)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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April 2000 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
The Coldest Winter Ever
by Sister Souljah
3-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Paperback)
- A Top 10 Book in the “Urban Fiction Book – Post 1999” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 1 Time Power List Bestselling Book
Washington Square Press (Sep 20, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 255 pages
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May 2000 – Selection
Black Picket Fences : Privilege and Peril Among the Black Middle Class
by Mary Pattillo-McCoy
University of Chicago Press (Nov 01, 2000)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 283 pages
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June 2000 – Selection
The True History of Paradise: A Novel
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Random House Trade Paperbacks (Jul 14, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 345 pages
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July 2000 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Sugar: A Novel
by Bernice L. McFadden
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books of the 21st Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2001 BCALA Literary Award
Plume (Jan 28, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 240 pages
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August 2000 – Selection
Jubilee
by Margaret Walker
Mariner Books (Sep 06, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 528 pages
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September 2000 – Selection
Men Cry in the Dark
by Michael Baisden
Baisden Publishing (Dec 01, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 330 pages
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October 2000 – Selection
Black-Eyed Peas for the Soul: Tales to Strengthen the African American Spirit and Encourage the Heart
by Donna Marie Williams
Touchstone (Nov 14, 1997)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
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November 2000 – Selection
Midnight Robber
by Nalo Hopkinson
Grand Central Publishing (Mar 01, 2000)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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December 2000 – Selection
Kinship: A Family’s Journey in Africa and America
by Philippe E. Wamba
Dutton/Penguin (Apr 01, 1999)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 383 pages
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