He’s made a list.

He’s checked it twice.

It must have been quite a job

To pick a single winner among books this nice.

Which may be why the ever jolly and sometimes elfish (not sure I’d call him old) Mark Avery picked two titles for his 2020 Book of the Year. Which books made his short list and which were the ultimate winners? I don’t want to let the metaphorical kitty out of the burlap, so you’ll need to pop over to Mark’s blog for the answer to these questions.

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.