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. You may review the complete list below. You’ll definitely discover some great books and authors.


January 2006 – Selection (Author of the Year)

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection January 2006 – Selection (Author of the Year) Babylon Sisters: A Novel by Pearl Cleage Babylon Sisters: A Novel
by Pearl Cleage

One World/Ballantine (Mar 29, 2005)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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List Price: $22.95
Doubleday (Apr 05, 2005)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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March 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection March 2006 – Selection On Beauty by Zadie Smith On Beauty
by Zadie Smith

List Price: $17.00
Penguin Press (Aug 29, 2006)
Fiction, Paperback, 464 pages
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List Price: $16.99
Basic Civitas Books (Jan 24, 2006)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 304 pages
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Read Our Review of Is Bill Cosby Right?: Or Has the Black Middle Class Lost Its Mind?


May 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection May 2006 – Selection Drinking Coffee Elsewhere by ZZ Packer Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by ZZ Packer

List Price: $16.00
Riverhead Books (Feb 03, 2004)
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
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June 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection June 2006 – Selection Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas Freshwater Road
by Denise Nicholas

List Price: $15.00
Agate (Apr 12, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 346 pages
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July 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection July 2006 – Selection Fledgling: A Novel by Octavia Butler Fledgling: A Novel
by Octavia Butler

List Price: $24.95
Seven Stories Press (Sep 08, 2005)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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August 2006 – Selection (New Author of the Year)

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection August 2006 – Selection (New Author of the Year) Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculée Ilibagiza Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
by Immaculée Ilibagiza

List Price: $15.99
Hay House (Apr 07, 2014)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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September 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection September 2006 – Selection Joplin’s Ghost: A Novel by Tananarive Due Joplin’s Ghost: A Novel
by Tananarive Due

List Price: $28.99
Washington Square Press (Sep 19, 2006)
Fiction, Paperback, 496 pages
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October 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection October 2006 – Selection They Tell Me Of A Home: A Novel by Daniel Black They Tell Me Of A Home: A Novel
by Daniel Black

List Price: $9.99
St. Martin’s Griffin (Dec 29, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
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List Price: $28.00
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Oct 31, 2006)
Fiction, Paperback, 416 pages
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December 2006 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection December 2006 – Selection The Covenant with Black America by Tavis Smiley The Covenant with Black America
by Tavis Smiley

Third World Press (Feb 22, 2006)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 254 pages
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