Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List

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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.

January 2002 – Selection

Cover: The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks

The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks

by Randall Robinson

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February 2002 – Selection

Cover: Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States

Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States

by Zora Neale Hurston

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March 2002 – Selection

Cover: The Future Has a Past

The Future Has a Past

by J. California Cooper

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Imprint: Anchor (Oct 16, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385496810

April 2002 – Selection

Cover: The Fall of Rome: A Novel

The Fall of Rome: A Novel

by Martha Southgate

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May 2002 – Selection

Cover: The Justus Girls

The Justus Girls

by Slim Lambright

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Imprint: Harper Perennial (Jul 01, 2002)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060959272
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June 2002 – Selection

Cover: Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany

by Hans J. Massaquoi

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July 2002 – Selection

Cover: Black No More: Being An Account Of The Strange And Wonderful Working Of Science In The Land Of The Free, A.D. 1933-1940

Black No More: Being An Account Of The Strange And Wonderful Working Of Science In The Land Of The Free, A.D. 1933-1940

by George S. Schuyler

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Imprint: Northeastern (Nov 07, 1989)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 222 pages
Publisher: Northeastern
ISBN: 9781555530631

August 2002 – Selection (New Author of the Year)

Cover: Finding Fish: A Memoir

Finding Fish: A Memoir

by Antwone Fisher

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Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks (Dec 18, 2001)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 339 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060007782

September 2002 – Selection

Cover: Shades of Jade: A Novel (Strivers Row)

Shades of Jade: A Novel (Strivers Row)

by Gloria Mallette

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Imprint: Villard (Jun 19, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Villard
ISBN: 9780375757433

October 2002 – Selection

Cover: Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature

Making Callaloo: 25 Years of Black Literature

by Charles Henry Rowell

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Imprint: St. Martin’s Press (Jan 12, 2002)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780312288983

November 2002 – Selection (Author of the Year)

Cover: Harlem Redux: A Novel

Harlem Redux: A Novel

by Persia Walker

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Imprint: Simon & Schuster (May 28, 2002)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9780743224970

December 2002 – Selection

Cover: All I Need

All I Need

by Jacquie Bamberg Moore

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Imprint: Reading Time Publishing (Aug 10, 2001)
Fiction, Paperback, 280 pages
Publisher: Reading Time Publishing
ISBN: 9780971192409