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 2025 – Anthology

Festive Mayhem 4: Thirteen Cozy and Cold Winter Holiday Mystery and Crime Fiction Stories

by Persia Walker

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February 2025 – Classic

Rattlebone

by Maxine Clair

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Imprint: McNally Editions (Jun 28, 2022)
Fiction, Paperback, 208 pages
Publisher: McNally Editions
ISBN: 9781946022462

March 2025 – New Author

Great Expectations

by Vinson Cunningham

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Imprint: Hogarth Press (Mar 12, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593448236

April 2025 – Autobiography/Biography/Memoir

The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel

by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

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May 2025 – International

Only Big Bumbum Matters Tomorrow

by Damilare Kuku

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Imprint: HarperVia (Jul 30, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 272 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780063354494

June 2025 – Novel/Popular Fiction

Sky Full of Elephants

by Cebo Campbell

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July 2025 – Short Stories

Mama Said

by Kristen Gentry

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August 2025 – Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Not What She Seems

by Yasmin Angoe

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Imprint: Thomas & Mercer (Aug 01, 2024)
Fiction, Hardcover, 396 pages
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
ISBN: 9781662508332

September 2025 – Historical

Harlem Rhapsody

by Victoria Christopher Murray

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Imprint: Berkley Books (Feb 04, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593638484

October 2025 – Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror/Speculative Fiction

Death of the Author

by Nnedi Okorafor

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November 2025 – Social Commentary

The Message

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Imprint: One World (Oct 01, 2024)
Nonfiction, Hardcover, 256 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593230381

December 2025 – Novel

Dream Count

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Imprint: Knopf Publishing Group (Mar 04, 2025)
Fiction, Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Penguin Random House
ISBN: 9780593802724