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 2020 – International
The Confessions of Frannie Langton
by Sara Collins
Harper (May 21, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
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February 2020 – Social Commentary
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
by Toni Morrison
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Knopf (Jan 14, 2020)
Nonfiction, Paperback, 368 pages
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March 2020 – Mystery/Thriller
They All Fall Down: A Thriller
by Rachel Howzell Hall
Forge (Apr 09, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
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April 2020 – Historical
The Nickel Boys: A Novel
by Colson Whitehead
9-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- A 2023 National Bestselling Book - Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2019
- 2020 BCALA Literary Award
Doubleday (Jul 30, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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May 2020 – Novel
Red at the Bone
by Jacqueline Woodson
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2020 BCALA Literary Award
Riverhead Books (Sep 17, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 208 pages
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June 2020 – Short Stories
Friday Black
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2019)
Mariner Books (Oct 23, 2018)
Fiction, Paperback, 208 pages
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July 2020 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2-time National Bestseller, Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- A 2019 Oprah Book Club Selection
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
- 2020 BCALA Literary Award
One World (Sep 24, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 432 pages
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August 2020 – Novel
Deacon King Kong
by James McBride
- A 2024 National Bestselling Book – Adult Fiction (Hardcover)
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2020
- A 2020 Oprah Book Club Selection
Riverhead Books (Mar 03, 2020)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
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September 2020 – New Author
Small Silent Things
by Robin Page
Harper Perennial (Sep 03, 2019)
Fiction, Paperback, 336 pages
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October 2020 – Classic
Blessings: A Novel
by Sheneska Jackson
Simon & Schuster (Jun 09, 1999)
Fiction, Paperback, 400 pages
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Read Our Review of Blessings: A Novel
November 2020 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Diamond Doris
by Doris Payne
Amistad (Sep 10, 2019)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
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December 2020 – Anthology
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
by Margaret Busby
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Amistad (May 07, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 1040 pages
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