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.
Purchase all 6* books on the January – June 2024 reading list, and you will get 10% off, free shipping, and no sales tax (unless books are shipped to the state of Florida). *Shadow Dancing by Louise Meriwether is out of print, but can be borrowed from your local library and used copies are available on Amazon.
January 2021 – Social Commentary
A Promised Land
by Barack Obama
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: Nov 17, 2020
List Price: $45.00
Format: Hardcover, 768 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781524763169
Imprint: Crown Publishing Group
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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February 2021 – International
His Only Wife
by Peace Adzo Medie
Publication Date: Sep 01, 2020
List Price: $25.95
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781616209155
Imprint: Algonquin Books
Publisher: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
Parent Company: Workman Publishing Co., Inc.
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March 2021 – Nonfiction
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson
- 8 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 4 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- Kirkus Prize Finalist/Winner 2020
Publication Date: Aug 04, 2020
List Price: $32.00
Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780593230251
Imprint: Random House
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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April 2021 – Mystery/Suspense
When No One Is Watching: A Thriller
by Alyssa Cole
Publication Date: Sep 01, 2020
List Price: $16.99
Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780062982650
Imprint: William Morrow
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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May 2021 – Short Stories
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
by Deesha Philyaw
Publication Date: Sep 01, 2020
List Price: $18.99
Format: Paperback, 192 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781949199734
Imprint: West Virginia University Press
Publisher: West Virginia University Press
Parent Company: West Virginia University
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June 2021 – Novel
The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett
Publication Date: Jun 02, 2020
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780525536291
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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July 2021 – Novel
Wild Women and the Blues
by Denny S. Bryce
Publication Date: Mar 30, 2021
List Price: $15.95
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781496730084
Imprint: Kensington
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Parent Company: Kensington Publishing Corp.
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August 2021 – New Author
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
by Dawnie Walton
- 2 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List
- Hurston/Wright Honored Book (2022)
Publication Date: Mar 30, 2021
List Price: $27.00
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781982140168
Imprint: Atria / 37 Ink
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Parent Company: KKR & Co. Inc.
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September 2021 – Classic
The Man Who Lived Underground
by Richard Wright
Publication Date: Apr 20, 2021
List Price: $22.95
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781598536768
Imprint: Library of America
Publisher: Library of America
Parent Company: Library of America
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October 2021 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction
Creatures of Passage
by Morowa Yejide
Publication Date: Mar 16, 2021
List Price: $25.00
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781617758768
Imprint: Akashic Books
Publisher: Akashic Books
Parent Company: Akashic Books
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November 2021 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Just As I Am
by Cicely Tyson
- 3 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
- An NAACP Image Award Honored Book
Publication Date: Jan 26, 2021
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062931061
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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December 2021 – Anthology
We Are Each Other’s Harvest
by Natalie Baszile
Publication Date: Apr 06, 2021
List Price: $39.99
Format: Hardcover
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780062932563
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp