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 2018 – Selection
Stay with Me: A novel
by Ayobami Adebayo
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Knopf (Jul 18, 2018)
Fiction, Paperback, 272 pages
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February 2018 – Selection
Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Retirement Life
by Elizabeth White
EDWhite (Dec 15, 2016)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 216 pages
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March 2018 – Selection
The Yearning
by Mohale Mashigo
Pan Macmillan SA (Nov 19, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 202 pages
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April 2018 – Selection
The Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden
- 4 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2017 American Book Award
Akashic Books (May 03, 2016)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
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May 2018 – Selection
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
- NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
- 6 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2017
- 2018 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Scribner (Sep 07, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 304 pages
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June 2018 – Selection
Come Let Us Sing Anyway
by Leone Ross
Peepal Tree Press (Jul 01, 2017)
Fiction, Paperback, 180 pages
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July 2018 – Selection
The Changeling: A Novel
by Victor Lavalle
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2018 American Book Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Spiegel & Grau (Jun 13, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 448 pages
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August 2018 – Selection
An American Marriage: A Novel
by Tayari Jones
- NYT Best Book of the 21st Century
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- A 2018 Oprah Book Club Selection
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2019 BCALA Literary Award
Algonquin Books (Feb 06, 2018)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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September 2018 – Selection
Halsey Street
by Naima Coster
Little A (Jun 26, 2018)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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October 2018 – Selection
A Different Drummer
by William Melvin Kelley
Anchor (May 01, 1990)
Fiction, Paperback, 240 pages
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November 2018 – Selection
Black Fortunes: The Story of the First Six African Americans Who Escaped Slavery and Became Millionaires
by Shomari Wills
Amistad (Jan 29, 2019)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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December 2018 – Selection
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean
by Peekash Press
Peekash Press (Apr 22, 2014)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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