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 2016 – Selection
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
by Helon Habila
Granta Books (Apr 05, 2013)
Poetry, Paperback, 400 pages
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February 2016 – Selection
Between The World And Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
4-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century” Category
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 1 Time Power List Bestselling Book
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2015
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2015
Spiegel & Grau (Jul 01, 2015)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 176 pages
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March 2016 – Selection
Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series)
by Attica Locke
Knopf (Apr 01, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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April 2016 – Selection
South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration
by Marcia Chatelain
Duke University Press Books (Apr 03, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 264 pages
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May 2016 – Selection
A Brief History Of Seven Killings: A Novel
by Marlon James
- NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2015 Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature Honoree
- 2015 American Book Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2014
Knopf (Sep 08, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 704 pages
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June 2016 – Selection
Ghost Summer: Stories
by Tananarive Due
Prime Books (Sep 01, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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July 2016 – Selection
Loving Day: A Novel
by Mat Johnson
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2016 American Book Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2015
One World (Sep 06, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 304 pages
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August 2016 – Selection
I Almost Forgot about You
by Terry McMillan
Crown Publishing Group (Apr 11, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 384 pages
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September 2016 – Selection
The Fishermen: A Novel
by Chigozie Obioma
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2016)
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2015
Little, Brown and Company (Apr 14, 2015)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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October 2016 – Selection
In My Father’s House
by Ernest Gaines
Vintage (Jun 30, 1992)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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November 2016 – Selection
Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.
by Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 1 Time Power List Bestselling Book
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Strebor Books (Jun 17, 2014)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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December 2016 – Selection
The Ex Chronicles
by Sharon Lucas, Cheryl Cloyd Robbins, and Others
Brown Girls Books (Mar 08, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 300 pages
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