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.

January 2021 – Social Commentary

A Promised Land

by Barack Obama

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Imprint: Crown Publishing Group (Nov 17, 2020)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 768 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9781524763169

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Biography & Autobiography / African American & Black
Biography & Autobiography / Historical
Biography & Autobiography / Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
History / United States / 21st Century
Political Science / American Government / Executive Branch
Political Science / American Government / General

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1-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
NAACP Image Award for Literature (2021)
Selected for 2 Book Club Reading Lists

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February 2021 – International

His Only Wife

by Peace Adzo Medie

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Imprint: Algonquin Books (Sep 01, 2020)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN: 9781616209155

Categorized under:

Fiction / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Women

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3-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
Selected for 1 Book Club Reading List

March 2021 – Nonfiction

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson

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Imprint: Random House (Aug 04, 2020)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 496 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593230251

Categorized under:

History / Social History
Social Science / Social Classes
Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory

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8-time BLK Bestseller, Adult Nonfiction (Hardcover)
BCALA Literary Award Winner (2021)
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Kirkus Prize Winner/Finalist (2020)
National Book Award Winner/Finalist (2020)
Oprah’s Book Club Selection (2020)
Selected for 4 Book Club Reading Lists

April 2021 – Mystery/Suspense

When No One Is Watching: A Thriller

by Alyssa Cole

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Imprint: William Morrow (Sep 01, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780062982650

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Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Fiction / Women

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5-Time AALBC.com Bestseller!
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May 2021 – Short Stories

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

by Deesha Philyaw

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Imprint: West Virginia University Press (Sep 01, 2020)
Fiction, Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
ISBN: 9781949199734

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