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 2017 – Selection
Hidden Figures
by Margot Lee Shetterly
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2017 BCALA Literary Award
William Morrow (Sep 06, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 352 pages
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February 2017 – Selection
I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual
by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Holt Paperbacks (Sep 13, 2016)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 256 pages
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March 2017 – Selection
Stand Your Ground: A Novel
by Victoria Christopher Murray
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 5 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- 1 Time Power List Bestselling Book
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Touchstone (Jun 01, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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Bonus Book 2017 – Bonus Book
The Wide Circumference of Love: A Novel
by Marita Golden
Arcade (Mar 28, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 300 pages
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April 2017 – Selection
Behold the Dreamers: A Novel
by Imbolo Mbue
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- A 2017 Oprah Book Club Selection
- 2018 Children’s Africana Book Award Winner or Honoree
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Knopf (Aug 23, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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May 2017 – Selection
Provenance: A Novel
by Donna Drew Sawyer
- 6 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Phillis Wheatley Book Award Honoree (2016)
Creative Cache (Sep 16, 2015)
Fiction, Paperback, 334 pages
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June 2017 – Selection
Insurrections: Stories
by Rion Amilcar Scott
University Press of Kentucky (Jul 01, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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July 2017 – Selection
Version Control
by Dexter Palmer
Vintage (Jan 10, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 512 pages
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August 2017 – Selection
Second House from the Corner
by Sadeqa Johnson
Thomas Dunne Books (Feb 09, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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September 2017 – Selection
Homegoing: A Novel
by Yaa Gyasi
- 8 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 4 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- 2017 American Book Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2016
Random House (Jun 07, 2016)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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October 2017 – Selection
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
16-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A Top 10 Book in the “Nonfiction Books from the 20th Century” Category
- Voted #71 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 9 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Vintage Books (Dec 01, 1992)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 128 pages
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November 2017 – Selection
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
by Trevor Noah
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2019 Children’s Africana Book Award Winner or Honoree
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Spiegel & Grau (Nov 15, 2016)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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December 2017 – Selection
Sycorax’s Daughters
by Kinitra D. Brooks, Linda Addison, and Susana Morris
Cedar Grove Publishing (Mar 10, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 565 pages
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