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.
Added Bonus: Purchase all 6 books and you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). Plus, Go On Girl! Book Club members get 10% off (see leadership for member discount code).
January 2016 – Selection
The Granta Book of the African Short Story
by Helon Habila
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
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February 2016 – Selection
Between The World And Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 21st Century” Category
- 10 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2015
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2015
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
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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April 2016 – Selection
South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration
by Marcia Chatelain
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
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May 2016 – Selection
The Sellout
by Paul Beatty
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2016)
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2015
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
Ghost Summer: Stories
by Tananarive Due
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
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
Loving Day: A Novel
by Mat Johnson
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- 2016 American Book Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2015
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
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
The Fishermen: A Novel
by Chigozie Obioma
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- 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
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: Hachette Livre
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October 2016 – Selection
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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November 2016 – Selection
Mayor For Life: The Incredible Story of Marion Barry Jr.
by Marion Barry Jr. and Omar Tyree
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
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: CBS Corporation
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December 2016 – Selection
The Ex Chronicles
by Sharon Lucas, Cheryl Cloyd Robbins, and Others
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