Best books of 2019 - Karen Carpenter, Patti Smith, R Kelly, satire, Tegan and Sara...

Pitchfork made a great selection of music books published this year - a collection of best writings by the satire website The Hard Times, high-school biography by Tegan and Sara, journals by ’70s gay porn flicks soundtrack author Patrick Cowley, a case against R. Kelly by journalist Jim DeRogatis who investigated him for 20 years, a book about 'Walk This Way' and how it changed music forever etc.