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Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List

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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.

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Click for more detail about Like Trees, Walking: A Novel by Ravi Howard January 2008 – Selection (New Author of the Year)


Like Trees, Walking: A Novel
by Ravi Howard


This edition published by HarperCollins (Jan 22, 2008)

Click for more detail about Casanegra by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes February 2008 – Selection (Author of the Year)


Casanegra
by Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, and Steven Barnes


This edition published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. (Jun 19, 2007)
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Click for more detail about If the Creek Don’t Rise: My Life Out West with the Last Black Widow of the Civil War by Rita Williams-Garcia 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-Garcia


This edition published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 01, 2006)

Click for more detail about That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir by Stacey Patton April 2008 – Selection


That Mean Old Yesterday: A Memoir
by Stacey Patton


This edition published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. (Sep 16, 2008)
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Click for more detail about Daughters Of Men: Portraits Of African-American Women And Their Fathers by Rachel Vassel May 2008 – Selection


Daughters Of Men: Portraits Of African-American Women And Their Fathers
by Rachel Vassel


This edition published by HarperCollins (Oct 30, 2007)

Click for more detail about Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories by J. California Cooper June 2008 – Selection


Wild Stars Seeking Midnight Suns: Stories
by J. California Cooper


This edition published by Penguin Random House (Apr 04, 2006)

Click for more detail about The New Moon’s Arms by Nalo Hopkinson July 2008 – Selection


The New Moon’s Arms
by Nalo Hopkinson


This edition published by Hachette Book Group (Feb 23, 2007)

Click for more detail about Measuring Time: A Novel by Helon Habila August 2008 – Selection


Measuring Time: A Novel
by Helon Habila


This edition published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. (Feb 17, 2007)

Click for more detail about Orange Mint And Honey: A Novel by Carleen Brice September 2008 – Selection


Orange Mint And Honey: A Novel
by Carleen Brice


This edition published by Penguin Random House (Feb 12, 2008)
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Click for more detail about Standing Tall: A Memoir Of Tragedy And Triumph by C. Vivian Stringer and Laura Tucker October 2008 – Selection


Standing Tall: A Memoir Of Tragedy And Triumph
by C. Vivian Stringer and Laura Tucker


This edition published by Penguin Random House (Mar 04, 2008)
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Click for more detail about Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston November 2008 – Selection


Mules and Men
by Zora Neale Hurston


This edition published by HarperCollins (Jan 08, 2008)

Click for more detail about Other People’s Skin: Four Novellas by Tracy Price-Thompson and Taressa Stovall December 2008 – Selection


Other People’s Skin: Four Novellas
by Tracy Price-Thompson and Taressa Stovall


This edition published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. (Oct 02, 2007)