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 2013 – Selection
Three Strong Women: A novel
by Marie NDiaye
Vintage (May 21, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
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February 2013 – Selection
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America
by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Yale University Press (Sep 20, 2011)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 392 pages
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March 2013 – Selection
The Gravedigger’s Ball: A Coletti Novel (Mike Coletti)
by Solomon Jones
Minotaur Books (Oct 11, 2011)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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April 2013 – Selection
Gathering of Waters
by Bernice L. McFadden
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2012
Akashic Books (Jan 31, 2012)
Fiction, Paperback, 250 pages
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May 2013 – Selection
This Is How You Lose Her
by Junot Diaz
Knopf (Sep 11, 2012)
Fiction, Hardcover, 224 pages
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June 2013 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Before I Forget
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Agate Bolden (Mar 20, 2009)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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July 2013 – Selection
The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series)
by Kola Boof
Akashic Books (Jun 21, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 275 pages
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August 2013 – Selection (New Author of the Year)
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
by Ayana Mathis
- A Top 10 Book in the “Fiction Books of the 21st Century” Category
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 5 Time Power List Bestselling Book
- A 2012 Oprah Book Club Selection
- 2013 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2013
Knopf (Oct 08, 2013)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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September 2013 – Selection
Ghana Must Go
by Taiye Selasi
Penguin Press (Mar 05, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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October 2013 – Selection
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
by Langston Hughes
Hill and Wang (Aug 01, 1993)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 432 pages
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November 2013 – Selection
My Blue Suede Shoes: Four Novellas
by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper
Atria Books (Mar 29, 2011)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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December 2013 – Selection
The Lost Daughter: A Memoir
by Mary Williams
Blue Rider Press (Apr 09, 2013)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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