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 2003 – Selection
Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
by Valerie Boyd
Publication Date: Feb 03, 2004
List Price: $20.00
Format: Paperback, 527 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780743253291
Imprint: Scribner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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February 2003 – Selection
Daddy Was a Number Runner
by Louise Meriwether
Publication Date: Dec 01, 2002
List Price: $18.00
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781558614420
Imprint: The Feminist Press
Publisher: The Feminist Press
Parent Company: The Feminist Press
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March 2003 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Douglass’ Women: A Novel
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- 2003 BCALA Literary Award
- 2003 American Book Award
Publication Date: Sep 23, 2003
List Price: $24.95
Format: Paperback, 358 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780743410106
Imprint: Washington Square Press
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
April 2003 – Selection
Waiting for An Angel: A Novel
by Helon Habila
Publication Date: Jan 17, 2004
List Price: $18.95
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780393325119
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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May 2003 – Selection
Color Of Justice: A Novel Of Suspense
by Gary Hardwick
Publication Date: Jan 08, 2002
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780688165147
Imprint: William Morrow
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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June 2003 – Selection
Never Forget the Bridge That Crossed You over
by Adriene Pickett
Publication Date: Mar 01, 2003
List Price: $24.99
Format: Paperback, 431 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781401081027
Imprint: Xlibris
Publisher: Author Solutions
Parent Company: Najafi Companies
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July 2003 – Selection
Sittin’ In The Front Pew: A Novel (Strivers Row)
by Parry Brown
Publication Date: Apr 09, 2002
List Price: $13.95
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780375757051
Imprint: Villard
Publisher: Villard
Parent Company: Villard
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August 2003 – Selection
Dancing on the Edge of the Roof
by Sheila Williams
Publication Date: Oct 29, 2002
List Price: $12.95
Format: Paperback, 226 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780345459305
Imprint: One World
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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September 2003 – Selection
Mojo: Conjure Stories
by Nalo Hopkinson
Publication Date: Apr 01, 2003
List Price: $21.99
Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780446679299
Imprint: Aspect
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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October 2003 – Selection
Lion’s Blood: A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America
by Steven Barnes
Hardcover Unavailable for Sale from AALBC
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Publication Date: Feb 13, 2002
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780446526685
Imprint: Aspect
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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November 2003 – Selection
The Portable Promised Land: Stories
by Touré
Publication Date: Apr 04, 2003
List Price: $22.99
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780316738361
Imprint: Back Bay Books
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Parent Company: Back Bay Books
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December 2003 – Selection
The Condemnation of Little B.
by Elaine Brown
Publication Date: Feb 18, 2002
List Price: $28.50
Format: Hardcover, 391 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780807009741
Imprint: Beacon Press
Publisher: Beacon Press
Parent Company: Unitarian Universalist Association