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 2019 – International
Housegirl: A Novel
by Michael Donkor
Picador (Aug 28, 2018)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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February 2019 – Social Commentary
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
by Brittney Cooper
St. Martin’s Press (Feb 20, 2018)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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March 2019 – Mystery/Thriller
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
Mulholland Books (Feb 20, 2018)
Fiction, Hardcover, 336 pages
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April 2019 – Historical
Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo”
by Zora Neale Hurston and Deborah G. Plant
- 7 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 3 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Amistad (May 08, 2018)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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May 2019 – Novel
Whiskey & Ribbons: A Novel
by Leesa Cross-Smith
Hub City Press (Mar 06, 2018)
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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June 2019 – Short Stories
Heads of the Colored People (paperback): Stories
by Nafissa Thompson-Spires
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2019)
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2018
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Atria / 37 Ink (Jan 22, 2019)
Fiction, Paperback, 224 pages
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July 2019 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
- 1 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
Crown (Nov 13, 2018)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
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August 2019 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction
Children of Blood and Bone
by Tomi Adeyemi
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2018
- 2019 Children’s Africana Book Award Winner or Honoree
Henry Holt & Company (BYR) (Mar 06, 2018)
Fiction, Hardcover, 544 pages
Target Age Group: Young Adult
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September 2019 – New Author
A Kind of Freedom: A Novel
by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- 2018 BCALA Literary Award
- A New York Times Notable Book for 2017
Counterpoint (Aug 15, 2017)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
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October 2019 – Classic
Assata: An Autobiography
by Assata Shakur
1-time National Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Nonfiction (Paperback)
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
Lawrence Hill & Co (Nov 01, 2001)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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November 2019 – Novel
American Spy: A Novel
by Lauren Wilkinson
Random House (Mar 17, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 320 pages
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December 2019 – Anthology
Black Ink: Literary Legends on the Peril, Power, and Pleasure of Reading and Writing
by Stephanie Stokes Oliver
Atria / 37 Ink (Jan 30, 2018)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
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