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.

January 2017 – Selection

Hidden Figures

by Margot Lee Shetterly

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Imprint: William Morrow (Sep 06, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062363596

Categorized under:

Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
Biography & Autobiography / Women
History / African American & Black
History / United States / 20th Century
History / Women
Mathematics / History & Philosophy
Technology & Engineering / Aeronautics
Technology & Engineering / History

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BCALA Literary Award Winner (2017)
2-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
NAACP Image Award for Literature (2017)
Selected for 2 Book Club Reading Lists

February 2017 – Selection

I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

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Imprint: Holt Paperbacks (Sep 13, 2016)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781627796064

Categorized under:

Humor / Form / Essays
Literary Criticism / Humor
Performing Arts / Television / History & Criticism
Social Science / Popular Culture

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3-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
Selected for 1 Book Club Reading List

March 2017 – Selection

Stand Your Ground: A Novel

by Victoria Christopher Murray

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Imprint: Touchstone (Jun 01, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781476792996

Categorized under:

Fiction / African American & Black / Christian
Fiction / African American & Black / General
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Romance / African American & Black
Fiction / Women

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3-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
NAACP Image Award for Literature (2016)
1-Time Power List Bestseller
Selected for 5 Book Club Reading Lists

Bonus Book 2017 – Bonus Book

The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel

by Marita Golden

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Imprint: Arcade (Mar 28, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 300 pages
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
ISBN: 9781628727357

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Fiction / African American & Black / Women
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Women

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5-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
Selected for 2 Book Club Reading Lists

April 2017 – Selection

Behold the Dreamers: A Novel

by Imbolo Mbue

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Imprint: Knopf (Aug 23, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780812998481

Categorized under:

Fiction / Cultural Heritage
Fiction / Family Life / General
Fiction / Literary

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3-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
Children's Africana Book Award (CABA) (2018)
NYT Notable Book (2016)
Oprah’s Book Club Selection (2017)
Selected for 1 Book Club Reading List

May 2017 – Selection

Provenance: A Novel

by Donna Drew Sawyer

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Imprint: Creative Cache (Sep 16, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 334 pages
Publisher: Creative Cache
ISBN: 9780991614325

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Fiction / African American & Black / General
Fiction / African American & Black / Historical
Fiction / Coming of Age
Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Sagas

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6-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
Phillis Wheatley Book Award Winning Book (2016)
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June 2017 – Selection

Insurrections: Stories

by Rion Amilcar Scott

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Imprint: University Press of Kentucky (Jul 01, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813168180

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