Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List

Go On Girl! Book Club, Inc. group photo
image of the book covers for the Jan to June 2023 reading listLaunched 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 January – June 2024 reading list, and you will get 10% off, free shipping, and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). *Shadow Dancing by Louise Meriwether is out of print, but can be borrowed from your local library and used copies are available on Amazon.


Publication Date: Apr 05, 2013
List Price: $12.95
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Classification: Poetry
ISBN13: 9781847083333
Imprint: Granta Books
Publisher: Granta Books
Parent Company: Granta Books

Read a Description of The Granta Book of the African Short Story



February 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection February 2016 – Selection Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Between The World And Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Publication Date: Jul 01, 2015
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780812993547
Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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March 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection March 2016 – Selection Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series) by Attica Locke Pleasantville (Jay Porter Series)
by Attica Locke

Publication Date: Apr 01, 2015
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 432 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062259400
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Publication Date: Apr 03, 2015
List Price: $23.95
Format: Paperback, 264 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780822358541
Imprint: Duke University Press Books
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Parent Company: Duke University

Read a Description of South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration



May 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection May 2016 – Selection The Sellout by Paul Beatty The Sellout
by Paul Beatty

Publication Date: Mar 01, 2016
List Price: $17.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781250083258
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

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June 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection June 2016 – Selection Ghost Summer: Stories by Tananarive Due Ghost Summer: Stories
by Tananarive Due

Publication Date: Sep 01, 2015
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781607014539
Imprint: Prime Books
Publisher: Prime Books
Parent Company: Prime Books

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July 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection July 2016 – Selection Loving Day: A Novel by Mat Johnson Loving Day: A Novel
by Mat Johnson

Publication Date: Sep 06, 2016
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780812983661
Imprint: One World
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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August 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection August 2016 – Selection I Almost Forgot about You by Terry McMillan I Almost Forgot about You
by Terry McMillan

Publication Date: Apr 11, 2017
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781101902592
Imprint: Crown Publishing Group
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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September 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection September 2016 – Selection The Fishermen: A Novel by Chigozie Obioma The Fishermen: A Novel
by Chigozie Obioma

Publication Date: Apr 14, 2015
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780316338370
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group

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October 2016 – Selection

Photo of Go On Girl! Book Club Selection October 2016 – Selection In My Father’s House by Ernest Gaines In My Father’s House
by Ernest Gaines

Publication Date: Jun 30, 1992
List Price: $14.00
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780679727910
Imprint: Vintage
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann

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Publication Date: Jun 17, 2014
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781593095055
Imprint: Strebor Books
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.

Read a Description of Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.



Publication Date: Mar 08, 2016
List Price: $12.00
Format: Paperback, 300 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781944359294
Imprint: Brown Girls Books
Publisher: Brown Girls Books
Parent Company: Brown Girls Books

Read a Description of The Ex Chronicles