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 2011 – Selection
Beneath The Lion’s Gaze: A Novel
by Maaza Mengiste
W. W. Norton & Company (Jan 11, 2010)
Fiction, Hardcover, 305 pages
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February 2011 – Selection
Brainwashed
by Tom Burrell
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century” Category
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 4 Time Power List Bestselling Book
SmileyBooks (May 07, 2010)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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March 2011 – Selection
Buying Time (Angela Evans Series No. 1)
by Pamela Samuels Young
Goldman House Publishing (Nov 01, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 370 pages
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Read Our Review of Buying Time (Angela Evans Series No. 1)
April 2011 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson
19-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century” Category
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 9 Time Power List Bestselling Book
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2011)
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Knopf (Oct 04, 2011)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 640 pages
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May 2011 – Selection
A Taste of Honey: Stories
by Jabari Asim
Broadway Books (Mar 02, 2010)
Fiction, Paperback, 205 pages
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June 2011 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Perfect Peace: A Novel
by Daniel Black
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books of the 21st Century” Category
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Palgrave Macmillan (Dec 06, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 341 pages
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July 2011 – Selection
Live Again
by Lamar Giles
CreateSpace (Apr 22, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 172 pages
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August 2011 – Selection
Silver Sparrow
by Tayari Jones
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2012 BCALA Literary Award
Algonquin Books (May 08, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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September 2011 – Selection
Forest Gate: A Novel
by Peter Akinti
Free Press (Feb 02, 2010)
Fiction, Paperback, 210 pages
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October 2011 – Selection
The Chinaberry Tree: A Novel of American Life
by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Dover Publications (Nov 21, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 352 pages
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November 2011 – Selection
Black Noir: Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction by African-American Writers
by Otto Penzler
Pegasus Books (Mar 03, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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December 2011 – Selection
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
21-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 9 Time Power List Bestselling Book
- 2011 BCALA Literary Award
- 2010 Winner African American Literary Awards Show
Knopf (Jan 11, 2011)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 250 pages
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