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.
Added Bonus: Purchase all 6 books and you will get free shipping and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). Plus, Go On Girl! Book Club members get 10% off (see leadership for member discount code).
January 2019 – International
Housegirl: A Novel
by Michael Donkor
Publication Date: Aug 28, 2018
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781250305176
Imprint: Picador
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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February 2019 – Social Commentary
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower
by Brittney Cooper
Publication Date: Feb 20, 2018
List Price: $25.99
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781250112576
Imprint: St. Martin’s Press
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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March 2019 – Mystery/Thriller
Down the River unto the Sea
by Walter Mosley
Publication Date: Feb 20, 2018
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780316509640
Imprint: Mulholland Books
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Hachette Livre
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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
Publication Date: May 08, 2018
List Price: $24.99
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062748201
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corporation
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May 2019 – Novel
Whiskey & Ribbons: A Novel
by Leesa Cross-Smith
Publication Date: Mar 06, 2018
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781938235382
Imprint: Hub City Press
Publisher: Hub City Press
Parent Company: Hub City Writers Project
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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
Publication Date: Jan 22, 2019
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781501168000
Imprint: Atria / 37 Ink
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation
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July 2019 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
- 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
Publication Date: Nov 13, 2018
List Price: $32.50
Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781524763138
Imprint: Crown
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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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
Publication Date: Mar 06, 2018
List Price: $18.99
Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9781250170972
Imprint: Henry Holt & Company (BYR)
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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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
Publication Date: Aug 15, 2017
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781619029224
Imprint: Counterpoint
Publisher: Counterpoint
Parent Company: Counterpoint
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October 2019 – Classic
Assata: An Autobiography
by Assata Shakur
Publication Date: Nov 01, 2001
List Price: $18.95
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781556520747
Imprint: Lawrence Hill & Co
Publisher: Lawrence Hill & Co
Parent Company: Lawrence Hill & Co
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November 2019 – Novel
American Spy: A Novel
by Lauren Wilkinson
Publication Date: Mar 17, 2020
List Price: $17.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780812988284
Imprint: Random House
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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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
Publication Date: Jan 30, 2018
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781501154287
Imprint: Atria / 37 Ink
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: CBS Corporation