100 books in and counting: where to turn next

SIR – Adèle Davies (Letters, April 20) asks for recommendations for her reading group’s 100th book.

Our own reading group’s choice to mark that milestone was The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton. This was a great success.

Last week I collected our group’s 199th book from our library – so the challenge is extended.

Elva van den Bos

Glentworth, Lincolnshire

SIR – In view of the dysfunctional times we live in, surely the most appropriate recommendation for a reading club would be Joseph Heller’s masterpiece, Catch-22. Chris Devine

Farley, Wiltshire

SIR – I have a few suggestions: 100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation (which may, or may not, be useful in club meetings); Won-ton by Lee Wardlaw; and perhaps, for the meeting after,

101 Dalmatians. Paul Holland

Bognor Regis, West Sussex

SIR – I have no specific suggestion for choosing one’s 100th book.

I am utterly convinced, however, that everybody’s first book should be Winnie-the-pooh. Dave Alsop

Gloucester

SIR – Our book group takes itself off every year for a club weekend, renting a large house in the country or by the coast. I suggest that Adèle Davies does the same to celebrate her group’s 100th book choice.

After 12 years, our book group is still going strong – and we have visited many wonderful locations. Heather Gosling

Taunton, Somerset