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 2005 – Selection

Cover: Little Scarlet: An Easy Rawlins Mystery

Little Scarlet: An Easy Rawlins Mystery

by Walter Mosley

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Little, Brown and Company (Jul 05, 2004)
Fiction, Hardcover, 306 pages
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
ISBN: 9780316073035

February 2005 – Selection

Cover: Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion

Success Never Smelled So Sweet: How I Followed My Nose and Found My Passion

by Lisa Price and Hilary Beard

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One World/Ballantine (Apr 27, 2004)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781400061099

March 2005 – Selection

Cover: The Second Life of Samuel Tyne

The Second Life of Samuel Tyne

by Esi Edugyan

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Harper Paperbacks (Aug 30, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060736040

April 2005 – Selection

Cover: Passing Through

Passing Through

by Colin Channer

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One World (Jun 29, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780345453341

May 2005 – Selection

Cover: The Full Matilda: A Novel

The Full Matilda: A Novel

by David Haynes

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Broadway Books (May 11, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780767915694

June 2005 – Selection

Cover: Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America

by Charisse Jones and Kumea Shorter-Gooden

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Harper Perennial (Jul 27, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060090555

July 2005 – Selection

Cover: Who Slashed Celanire’s Throat?: A Fantastical Tale

Who Slashed Celanire’s Throat?: A Fantastical Tale

by Maryse Conde

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Washington Square Press (Aug 30, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9780743482615
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August 2005 – Selection (New Author of the Year)

Cover: Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

Purple Hibiscus: A Novel

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Algonquin Books (Apr 17, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN: 9781616202415

September 2005 – Selection (Author of the Year)

Cover: Leaving Cecil Street: A Novel

Leaving Cecil Street: A Novel

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

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Harper Perennial (Mar 01, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060722890

October 2005 – Selection

Cover: The Professor’s Daughter: A Novel

The Professor’s Daughter: A Novel

by Emily Raboteau

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Picador (Jan 24, 2006)
Fiction, Paperback, 277 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9780312425685

November 2005 – Selection

Cover: The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

by Nella Larsen

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Anchor (Nov 01, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385721004

December 2005 – Selection

Cover: Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors

Shades of Black: Crime and Mystery Stories by African-American Authors

by Eleanor Taylor Bland

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Berkley Books (Jan 04, 2005)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780425200148