Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List
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.
Purchase all 6* books on the January – June 2024 reading list, and you will get 10% off, free shipping, and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). *Shadow Dancing by Louise Meriwether is out of print, but can be borrowed from your local library and used copies are available on Amazon.
January 2009 – Selection
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publication Date: Sep 04, 2007
List Price: $16.95
Format: Paperback, 543 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781400095209
Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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February 2009 – Selection
Sweet Release: The Last Step to Black Freedom
by James Davison Jr.
Publication Date: May 15, 2008
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 277 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781591025580
Imprint: Prometheus Books
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Parent Company: Prometheus Books
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March 2009 – Selection
The Demise of Luleta Jones
by Mark Allen Boone
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Publication Date: Mar 15, 2006
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Paperback, 261 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780977251506
Imprint: Blacksmith Books
Publisher: Blacksmith Books
Parent Company: Blacksmith Books, LLC
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April 2009 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Someone Knows My Name: A Novel
by Lawrence Hill
Publication Date: Nov 17, 2007
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780393065787
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Parent Company: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
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May 2009 – Selection
I Got Somebody in Staunton: Stories
by William Henry Lewis
Publication Date: Apr 04, 2006
List Price: $12.95
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780060536664
Imprint: Harper Paperbacks
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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June 2009 – Selection
Let The Lion Eat Straw
by Ellease Southerland
Publication Date: Jun 28, 2005
List Price: $13.99
Format: Paperback, 171 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780060724214
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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July 2009 – Selection
Best African American Fiction: 2009
by E. Lynn Harris and Gerald L. Early
Publication Date: Jan 13, 2009
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780553385342
Imprint: Bantam
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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August 2009 – Selection
Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, And Commitment
by Steve Harvey and Denene Millner
Publication Date: Jan 27, 2009
List Price: $23.99
Format: Hardcover, 232 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780061728976
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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September 2009 – Selection
A Mercy
by Toni Morrison
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2008
Publication Date: Aug 11, 2009
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780307276766
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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October 2009 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
The Black Girl Next Door: A Memoir (Touchstone Books (Paperback))
by Jennifer Baszile
Publication Date: Dec 29, 2009
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781416543282
Imprint: Touchstone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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November 2009 – Selection
If He Hollers Let Him Go
by Chester Himes
Publication Date: Oct 01, 1995
List Price: $12.95
Format: Paperback, 203 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781560250975
Imprint: Thunder’s Mouth Press
Publisher: Thunder’s Mouth Press
Parent Company: Thunder’s Mouth Press
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December 2009 – Selection
Wounded: A Love Story (Thorndike African-American)
by Claudia Mair Burney
Publication Date: Feb 01, 2009
List Price: $30.95
Format: Hardcover, 499 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781410413635
Imprint: Thorndike Press
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Parent Company: Thorndike Press