Kate Beaton, Emily St. John Mandel make Obama's best books list

Author Emily St. John Mandel is shown in a handout photo. Former U.S. president Barack Obama has included works by St. John Mandel and fellow ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Kate Beaton on his list of favourite books of the year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Sarah Shatz MANDATORY CREDIT

Former U.S. president Barack Obama has included works by ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøs Kate Beaton and Emily St. John Mandel on his list of favourite books of the year.

His annual pop culture roundup listed Beaton's autobiographical comic "Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands," published by Montreal-based Drawn & Quarterly.

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