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 July – December 2024 reading list, and you will get 10% off, free shipping, and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida).
January 2013 – Selection
Three Strong Women: A novel
by Marie NDiaye
Publication Date: May 21, 2013
List Price: $15.00
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780307741332
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
February 2013 – Selection
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America
by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Publication Date: Sep 20, 2011
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 392 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780300165418
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Parent Company: Yale University
Read Our Review of Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, And Black Women In America
March 2013 – Selection
The Gravedigger’s Ball: A Coletti Novel (Mike Coletti)
by Solomon Jones
Publication Date: Oct 11, 2011
List Price: $24.99
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780312580810
Imprint: Minotaur Books
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Parent Company: Minotaur Books
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
Publication Date: Jan 31, 2012
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 250 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617750311
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books
May 2013 – Selection
This Is How You Lose Her
by Junot Diaz
Publication Date: Sep 11, 2012
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781594487361
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
June 2013 – Selection (Author of the Year)
Before I Forget
by Leonard Pitts Jr.
Publication Date: Mar 20, 2009
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781932841435
Imprint: Agate Bolden
Publisher: Agate Publishing, Inc
Parent Company: Agate Publishing, Inc
Read Our Review of Before I Forget
July 2013 – Selection
The Sexy Part of the Bible (Akashic Urban Surreal Series)
by Kola Boof
Publication Date: Jun 21, 2011
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 275 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781936070961
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books
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
- A 2012 Oprah Book Club Selection
- 2013 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2013
Publication Date: Oct 08, 2013
List Price: $16.95
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780307949707
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
September 2013 – Selection
Ghana Must Go
by Taiye Selasi
Publication Date: Mar 05, 2013
List Price: $25.95
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781594204494
Imprint: Penguin Press
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
October 2013 – Selection
I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey
by Langston Hughes
Publication Date: Aug 01, 1993
List Price: $18.00
Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780809015504
Imprint: Hill and Wang
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
November 2013 – Selection
My Blue Suede Shoes: Four Novellas
by Tracy Price-Thompson and TaRessa Stovall, with Elizabeth Atkins and Desiree Cooper
Publication Date: Mar 29, 2011
List Price: $19.99
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781416542087
Imprint: Atria Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
December 2013 – Selection
The Lost Daughter: A Memoir
by Mary Williams
Publication Date: Apr 09, 2013
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780399160868
Imprint: Blue Rider Press
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann