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 2007 – Selection

Cover: Ghosts of Saint-Michel

Ghosts of Saint-Michel

by Jake Lamar

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Imprint: Minotaur Books (May 30, 2006)
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 9780312289256

February 2007 – Selection (Author of the Year)

Cover: The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness

by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe

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Imprint: Amistad (Oct 24, 2006)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060744878

March 2007 – Selection

Cover: Jump at the Sun: A Novel

Jump at the Sun: A Novel

by Kim McLarin

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April 2007 – Selection

Cover: All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories

All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories

by Edward P. Jones

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Imprint: Amistad (Aug 28, 2007)
Fiction, Paperback, 416 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060557577

May 2007 – Selection

Cover: The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty

The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America’s First Black Dynasty

by Lawrence Otis Graham

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June 2007 – Selection

Cover: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

by Harriet A. Washington

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July 2007 – Selection (New Author of the Year)

Cover: The Other Brother

The Other Brother

by Brandon Massey

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Imprint: Kensington (Jul 01, 2006)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 9780758210715

August 2007 – Selection

Cover: Ancestor Stones

Ancestor Stones

by Aminatta Forna

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Imprint: Grove Press (Sep 10, 2007)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Grove Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 9780802143211
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September 2007 – Selection

Cover: The Great Negro Plot: A Tale Of Conspiracy And Murder In Eighteenth-Century New York

The Great Negro Plot: A Tale Of Conspiracy And Murder In Eighteenth-Century New York

by Mat Johnson

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October 2007 – Selection

Cover: The Importance of Being Dangerous

The Importance of Being Dangerous

by David Dante Troutt

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Imprint: Harper Paperbacks (Jun 03, 2008)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060789305

November 2007 – Selection

Cover: Iola Leroy

Iola Leroy

by Frances E. W. Harper

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Imprint: Beacon Press (Dec 10, 1999)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 9780807065198

December 2007 – Selection

Cover: You Only Get Better: Celebrating Life Every Step of the Way

You Only Get Better: Celebrating Life Every Step of the Way

by Connie Briscoe, Lolita Files, and Anita Bunkley

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Imprint: Kimani Press (Feb 20, 2007)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Kimani Press
ISBN: 9780373830596