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.
January 2010 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Wife Of The Gods: A Novel
by Kwei Quartey
Random House Publishing Group (Aug 03, 2010)
Paperback, 336 pages
Fiction
February 2010 – Selection
Outliers: The Story of Success
by Malcolm Gladwell
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 1 Time Power List Bestselling Book
Grand Central Publishing (Jun 07, 2011)
Paperback, 336 pages
Nonfiction
Read Our Review of Outliers: The Story of Success
March 2010 – Selection
Black Water Rising: A Novel (Jay Porter Series)
by Attica Locke
Amistad (Apr 20, 2010)
Paperback, 448 pages
Fiction
Read Our Review of Black Water Rising: A Novel (Jay Porter Series)
April 2010 – Selection
Sag Harbor
by Colson Whitehead
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- 2010 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2009
Knopf (Apr 28, 2009)
Hardcover, 288 pages
Fiction
May 2010 – Selection
Say You’re One Of Them
by Uwem Akpan
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2009)
- A 2009 Oprah Book Club Selection
Back Bay Books (Sep 18, 2009)
Paperback, 384 pages
Fiction
June 2010 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Daughters of the Stone
by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa (Feb 08, 2019)
Paperback, 338 pages
Fiction
July 2010 – Selection
Blonde Roots
by Bernardine Evaristo
Riverhead Books (Jan 05, 2010)
Paperback, 269 pages
Fiction
August 2010 – Selection
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
by Heidi W. Durrow
One World (Jan 01, 2010)
Paperback, 256 pages
Fiction
Read Our Review of The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
September 2010 – Selection
Tricked A Novel
by Cynthia A. Minor
Roseapple Publishing Company (Nov 19, 2009)
Hardcover, 326 pages
Fiction
October 2010 – Selection
Corregidora
by Gayl Jones
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Voted #91 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Beacon Press (Jan 29, 2019)
Paperback, 184 pages
Fiction
November 2010 – Selection
Best African American Fiction 2010
by Dorothy Sterling and Chris Abani
One World (Dec 29, 2009)
Paperback, 336 pages
Fiction
December 2010 – Selection
Hazel Scott: The Pioneering Journey of a Jazz Pianist, from Cafe Society to Hollywood to HUAC
by Karen Chilton
University of Michigan Press (Jul 08, 2010)
Paperback, 312 pages
Nonfiction