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 2022 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir
Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
by Tarana Burke
Publication Date: Sep 14, 2021
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781250621733
Imprint: Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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February 2022 – Classic
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
- Voted #8 of the Top 100 Books of the 20th Century
- 1 Time AALBC.com Bestselling Book!
- Selected for 2 Book Clubs’s Reading Lists
Publication Date: Mar 14, 1995
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 581 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780679732761
Imprint: Vintage Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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March 2022 – New Author
The Three Mothers (Hardcover)
by Anna Malaika Tubbs
Publication Date: Feb 02, 2021
List Price: $28.99
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781250756121
Imprint: Flatiron Books
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
Parent Company: Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
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April 2022 – Anthology
Blackout
by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
Publication Date: Jun 22, 2021
List Price: $19.99
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
Classification: Fiction
Target Age Group: Young Adult
ISBN13: 9780063088092
Imprint: Quill Tree Books
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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May 2022 – International
In Every Mirror She’s Black
by Lolá Ákínmádé Åkerström
Publication Date: Sep 07, 2021
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781728240381
Imprint: Sourcebooks Landmark
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Parent Company: Sourcebooks
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June 2022 – Novel
While Justice Sleeps
by Stacey Abrams aka Selena Montgomery
Publication Date: May 25, 2021
List Price: $28.95
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780385546577
Imprint: Doubleday Books
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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July 2022 – Short Stories
The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You: Stories
by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Publication Date: Aug 17, 2021
List Price: $26.00
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780593133408
Imprint: One World
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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August 2022 – Mystery/Thriller
The Violin Conspiracy
by Brendan Slocumb
Publication Date: Feb 01, 2022
List Price: $28.00
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780593315415
Imprint: Anchor
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
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September 2022 – Historical
The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story
by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Publication Date: Feb 08, 2022
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780063019904
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp
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October 2022 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction
The Quarter Storm
by Veronica G. Henry
Publication Date: Mar 01, 2022
List Price: $14.95
Format: Paperback, 278 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9781542033916
Imprint: 47North
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Parent Company: Amazon.com, Inc.
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November 2022 – Social Commentary
Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution
by Elie Mystal
Publication Date: Mar 01, 2022
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9781620976814
Imprint: The New Press
Publisher: The New Press
Parent Company: The New Press
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December 2022 – Novel
Our Gen
by Diane McKinney-Whetstone
Publication Date: Jul 05, 2022
List Price: $26.99
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780063140110
Imprint: Amistad
Publisher: HarperCollins
Parent Company: News Corp