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 2012 – Selection
News from Home: Short Stories (Interlink World Fiction)
by Sefi Atta
Publication Date: Apr 21, 2010
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 294 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781566568036
Imprint: Interlink Books
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc
Parent Company: Interlink Pub Group Inc
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February 2012 – Selection
Who’s Afraid Of Post-Blackness?: What It Means To Be Black Now
by Touré
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2012 American Book Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
Publication Date: Sep 13, 2011
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781439177556
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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March 2012 – Selection
Nairobi Heat (Melville International Crime)
by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Publication Date: Sep 13, 2011
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 204 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781935554646
Imprint: Melville International Crime
Publisher: Melville International Crime
Parent Company: Melville International Crime
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April 2012 – Selection (Author of the Year)
The Book Of Night Women
by Marlon James
Publication Date: Feb 19, 2009
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 417 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781594488573
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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May 2012 – Selection
How To Escape From A Leper Colony: A Novella And Stories
by Tiphanie Yanique
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books of the 21st Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2011 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Honoree
Publication Date: Mar 02, 2010
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 184 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781555975500
Imprint: Graywolf Press
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Parent Company: Graywolf Press
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June 2012 – Selection
Our Man in the Dark: A Novel
by Rashad Harrison
Publication Date: Sep 04, 2012
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781451625769
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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July 2012 – Selection
Pym: A Novel
by Mat Johnson
Publication Date: Mar 01, 2011
List Price: $24.00
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780812981582
Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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August 2012 – Selection
Passing Love
by Jacqueline E. Luckett
Publication Date: Jan 25, 2012
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 306 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780446542999
Imprint: Grand Central Publishing
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
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September 2012 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Act of Grace
by Karen Simpson
Publication Date: Aug 19, 2014
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780991641901
Imprint: Pint of Pennies Media
Publisher: Pint of Pennies Media
Parent Company: Pint of Pennies Media
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October 2012 – Selection
The Lakestown Rebellion (Black Arts Movement Series)
by Kristin Hunter
Publication Date: Feb 01, 2003
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 280 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781566891257
Imprint: Coffee House Press
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Parent Company: Coffee House Press
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November 2012 – Selection
Crossroads in the Dark 2: Urban Legends
by Kevin Wimer, Samantha Alexandra, and others
Publication Date: Dec 17, 2016
List Price: $30.00
Format: Paperback, 586 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780692820490
Imprint: Burning Willow Press
Publisher: Burning Willow Press
Parent Company: Burning Willow Press, LLC
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December 2012 – Selection
Long Shot: My Bipolar Life and the Horses Who Saved Me
by Sylvia Harris
Publication Date: Mar 06, 2012
List Price: $15.99
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780061714412
Imprint: Ecco
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp