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 2012 – Selection
News from Home: Short Stories (Interlink World Fiction)
by Sefi Atta
Interlink Books (Apr 21, 2010)
Fiction, Paperback, 294 pages
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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
Atria Books (Sep 13, 2011)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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March 2012 – Selection
Nairobi Heat (Melville International Crime)
by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Melville International Crime (Sep 13, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 204 pages
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April 2012 – Selection (Author of the Year)
The Book Of Night Women
by Marlon James
Knopf (Feb 19, 2009)
Fiction, Hardcover, 417 pages
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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
Graywolf Press (Mar 02, 2010)
Fiction, Paperback, 184 pages
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June 2012 – Selection
Our Man in the Dark: A Novel
by Rashad Harrison
Atria Books (Sep 04, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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July 2012 – Selection
Pym: A Novel
by Mat Johnson
Spiegel & Grau (Mar 01, 2011)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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August 2012 – Selection
Passing Love
by Jacqueline E. Luckett
Grand Central Publishing (Jan 25, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 306 pages
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September 2012 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
Act of Grace
by Karen Simpson
Pint of Pennies Media (Aug 19, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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October 2012 – Selection
The Lakestown Rebellion (Black Arts Movement Series)
by Kristin Hunter
Coffee House Press (Feb 01, 2003)
Fiction, Paperback, 280 pages
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November 2012 – Selection
Crossroads in the Dark 2: Urban Legends
by Kevin Wimer, Samantha Alexandra, and others
Burning Willow Press (Dec 17, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 586 pages
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December 2012 – Selection
Long Shot: My Bipolar Life and the Horses Who Saved Me
by Sylvia Harris
Ecco (Mar 06, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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