Go On Girl! Book Club’s Complete Reading List

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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 2022 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement

by Tarana Burke

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Imprint: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book (Sep 14, 2021)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781250621733

February 2022 – Classic

Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

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Imprint: Vintage Books (Mar 14, 1995)
Fiction, Paperback, 581 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780679732761

March 2022 – New Author

The Three Mothers (Hardcover)

by Anna Malaika Tubbs

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Imprint: Flatiron Books (Feb 02, 2021)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
ISBN: 9781250756121

April 2022 – Anthology

Blackout

by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

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Imprint: Quill Tree Books (Jun 22, 2021)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063088092

May 2022 – International

In Every Mirror She’s Black

by Lola Akinmade Akerstrom

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Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark (Sep 07, 2021)
Fiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN: 9781728240381

June 2022 – Novel

While Justice Sleeps

by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery

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Imprint: Doubleday Books (May 25, 2021)
Fiction, Hardcover, 384 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780385546577

July 2022 – Short Stories

The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories

by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

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Imprint: One World (Aug 17, 2021)
Fiction, Hardcover, 192 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593133408

August 2022 – Mystery/Thriller

The Violin Conspiracy

by Brendan Slocumb

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September 2022 – Historical

The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story

by Barbara Chase-Riboud

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Imprint: Amistad (Feb 08, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063019904

October 2022 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction

The Quarter Storm

by Veronica G. Henry

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Imprint: 47North (Mar 01, 2022)
Fiction, Paperback, 278 pages
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
ISBN: 9781542033916

November 2022 – Social Commentary

Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution

by Elie Mystal

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Imprint: The New Press (Mar 01, 2022)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 240 pages
Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 9781620976814

December 2022 – Novel

Our Gen

by Diane McKinney-Whetstone

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Imprint: Amistad (Jul 05, 2022)
Fiction, Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063140110