Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List
Launched in 1991, Go On Girl! Book Club 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: If you purchase all 6 books from the July – December 2022 list, you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless you ship to the state of Florida). Plus, half of the profit from the sales of these books will be donated to the Go On Girl! Book Club’s Scholarship Fund.
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
Publication Date: Jul 18, 2018
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781101974414
Imprint: Knopf
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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February 2018 – Selection
Fifty-Five Unemployed and Faking Normal: Your Guide to a Better Retirement Life
by Elizabeth White
Publication Date: Dec 15, 2016
List Price: $14.99
Format: Paperback, 216 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781530055852
Imprint: EDWhite
Publisher: EDWhite
Parent Company: EDWhite
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March 2018 – Selection
The Yearning
by Mohale Mashigo
Publication Date: Nov 19, 2017
List Price: $17.80
Format: Paperback, 202 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781770105522
Imprint: Pan Macmillan SA
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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April 2018 – Selection
The Book of Harlan
by Bernice L. McFadden
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2017 American Book Award
Publication Date: May 03, 2016
List Price: $32.95
Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617754456
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books
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May 2018 – Selection
Sing, Unburied, Sing
by Jesmyn Ward
- 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
Publication Date: Sep 07, 2017
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781501126062
Imprint: Scribner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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June 2018 – Selection
Come Let Us Sing Anyway
by Leone Ross
Publication Date: Jul 01, 2017
List Price: $18.95
Format: Paperback, 180 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781845233341
Imprint: Peepal Tree Press
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
Parent Company: Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
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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
Publication Date: Jun 13, 2017
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780812995947
Imprint: Spiegel & Grau
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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August 2018 – Selection
An American Marriage: A Novel
by Tayari Jones
- 2 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
Publication Date: Feb 06, 2018
List Price: $26.95
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781616208776
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Publisher: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
Parent Company: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
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September 2018 – Selection
Halsey Street
by Naima Coster
Publication Date: Jan 01, 2018
List Price: $24.95
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781503941175
Imprint: Little A
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Parent Company: Amazon.com, Inc.
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October 2018 – Selection
A Different Drummer
by William Melvin Kelley
Publication Date: May 01, 1990
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385413909
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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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
Publication Date: Jan 29, 2019
List Price: $17.99
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062437600
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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December 2018 – Selection
Pepperpot: Best New Stories from the Caribbean
by Peekash Press
Publication Date: Apr 22, 2014
List Price: $17.95
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617752711
Imprint: Peekash Press
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books
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