Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List
Launched in 1991, Go On Girl! Book Club 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.
Added Bonus: If you purchase all 6 books from the July – December 2022 list, you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless you ship to the state of Florida). Plus, half of the profit from the sales of these books will be donated to the Go On Girl! Book Club’s Scholarship Fund.
January 2014 – Selection
The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore
Publication Date: Mar 12, 2013
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780307959928
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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February 2014 – Selection
Living and Dying in Brick City: An E.R. Doctor Returns Home
by Sampson Davi and Lisa Frazier Page
Publication Date: Feb 12, 2013
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781400069941
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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March 2014 – Selection
The Secret of Magic
by Deborah Johnson
Publication Date: Jan 21, 2014
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780399157721
Imprint: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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April 2014 – Selection
The Good Lord Bird
by James McBride
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2014 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2013
Publication Date: Aug 20, 2013
List Price: $27.95
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781594486340
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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May 2014 – Selection
At-Risk: Stories
by Amina Gautier
Publication Date: Sep 15, 2011
List Price: $29.95
Format: Hardcover, 160 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780820338880
Imprint: University of Georgia Press
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Parent Company: University of Georgia
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June 2014 – Selection
The Rose Petal Beach
by Dorothy Koomson
Publication Date: Jan 01, 2012
List Price: $32.75
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781780874968
Imprint: Quercus Publishing Plc
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Parent Company: Quercus Publishing Plc
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July 2014 – Selection
The Returned
by Jason Mott
Publication Date: Aug 27, 2013
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780778315339
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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August 2014 – Selection
Anybody’s Daughter
by Pamela Samuels Young
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2014 Winner African American Literary Awards Show
Publication Date: Oct 27, 2013
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 374 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780989293501
Imprint: Goldman House Publishing
Publisher: Goldman House Publishing
Parent Company: Goldman House Publishing
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September 2014 – Selection
Til The Well Runs Dry
by Lauren Francis-Sharma
Publication Date: Apr 22, 2014
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780805098037
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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October 2014 – Selection
Maud Martha
by Gwendolyn Brooks
Publication Date: Oct 01, 1992
List Price: $12.95
Format: Paperback, 180 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780883780619
Imprint: Third World Press
Publisher: Third World Press
Parent Company: Third World Press
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November 2014 – Selection
Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
by Misty Copeland
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2015 BCALA Literary Award
Publication Date: Dec 16, 2014
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781476737997
Imprint: Touchstone
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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December 2014 – Selection
Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships in the African-American Community
by Gil Robertson
Publication Date: Feb 12, 2013
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781932841701
Imprint: Bolden Books
Publisher: Agate Publishing
Parent Company: Agate Publishing
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