While I’ve been… let’s say “away,” Mark has been just as busy as ever.

Noor by Andy Rouse and Aditya Singh

A Field Guide to the Carnivores of the World by Luke Hunter and Priscilla Barrett

This blog’s books of the year 2018

Guest blog – Nature Books 2018 by Stephen Moss

Sunday book review – The Seabird’s Cry by Adam Nicholson

Links to Mark Avery’s Sunday book reviews appear in The Well-read Naturalist by special arrangement. You can find all of Mark’s past reviews as well as a wide-ranging collection of his other writings on his Standing Up for Nature website. Mark’s opinions regarding the books he reviews are his own.

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