Tuesday, 26 January 2010 14:39
Movie Editor Pete Timmermann picks his top five books for 2009.
1. Werner Herzog | Conquest of the Useless: Reflections on the Making of Fitzcarraldo (Ecco)
2. Dave Eggers | Zeitoun (McSweeney's)
3. Mary Karr | Lit: A Memoir (Harper)
4. Kevin Roose | The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University (Grand Central Publishing)
5. Thomas Pynchon | Inherent Vice (Penguin Press)