Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List
Launched in 1991, Go On Girl! Book Club 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.
Added Bonuses: If you purchase all 6 books from the July – December 2020 list you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless you ship to the state of Florida). Plus, half of the profit from the sales of all books on the Go On Girl! reading list will be donated to the Go On Girl! Book Club’s Scholarship Fund.
January 2008 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Like Trees, Walking: A Novel
by Ravi Howard
Publication Date: Jan 22, 2008
List Price: $13.95
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780060529604
Imprint: Harper Paperbacks
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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February 2008 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Casanegra
by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Honored by a 2008 Essence Award
- 2007 Winner African American Literary Awards Show
Publication Date: Jun 19, 2007
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 308 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780743287319
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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March 2008 – Selection
If the Creek Don’t Rise: My Life Out West with the Last Black Widow of the Civil War
by Rita Williams
Publication Date: May 01, 2006
List Price: $23.00
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780151011544
Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Parent Company: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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April 2008 – Selection
That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir
by Stacey Patton
Publication Date: Sep 16, 2008
List Price: $20.99
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780743293112
Imprint: Washington Square Press
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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May 2008 – Selection
Daughters Of Men: Portraits Of African-American Women And Their Fathers
by Rachel Vassel
Publication Date: Oct 30, 2007
List Price: $27.95
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780061350351
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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June 2008 – Selection
Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories
by J. California Cooper
Publication Date: Apr 10, 2007
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 209 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781400075683
Imprint: Doubleday
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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July 2008 – Selection
The New Moon’s Arms
by Nalo Hopkinson
Publication Date: Feb 23, 2007
List Price: $23.99
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780446576918
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Hachette Livre
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August 2008 – Selection
Measuring Time: A Novel
by Helon Habila
Publication Date: Feb 17, 2007
List Price: $13.95
Format: Paperback, 383 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780393052510
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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September 2008 – Selection
Orange Mint And Honey: A Novel
by Carleen Brice
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2009 BCALA Literary Award
- 2008 Winner African American Literary Awards Show
Publication Date: Feb 12, 2008
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 324 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780345499066
Imprint: One World/Ballantine
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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October 2008 – Selection
Standing Tall: A Memoir Of Tragedy And Triumph
by C. Vivian Stringer and Laura Tucker
Publication Date: Mar 04, 2008
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780307406095
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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November 2008 – Selection
Mules and Men
by Zora Neale Hurston
Publication Date: Jan 08, 2008
List Price: $13.99
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780061350177
Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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December 2008 – Selection
Other People’s Skin: Four Novellas
by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper
Publication Date: Oct 02, 2007
List Price: $23.99
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781416542070
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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