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	Yabanın Çağrısı by Jack London, Eren Karadağ (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Copy-editor) 3.92 avg rating — 488,008 ratings — published 1903 — 237 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ustaparmak by Sarah Waters, Figen Bingül (Translator), Cem Tunçer (Yayına Hazırlayan) 4.02 avg rating — 124,157 ratings — published 2002 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Büyü by Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Goodreads Author), Begümnaz Yürekli (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Copy-editor) 3.70 avg rating — 53,951 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warren Buffett Tarzı by Robert G. Hagstrom, Ali Perşembe (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (copy-editor) 4.19 avg rating — 18,742 ratings — published 1994 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Âdem’den Önce by Jack London, Özgecan Kunt (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Copy-editor) 3.93 avg rating — 5,606 ratings — published 1906 — 1599 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enayinin Portföyü by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., İmra Gündoğdu (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Yayına Hazırlayan) 3.85 avg rating — 3,567 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aradığın Şifa Sende Gizli : Theta Healing by Vianna Stibal, Can Kesici (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Proofreader) 4.23 avg rating — 808 ratings — published 2010 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lenin'den Stalin'e Rus Devrimi 1917-1929 by Edward Hallett Carr, Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (copy-editor), Levent Cinemre (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Okuma Boşluğunu Kapatmak by Alex Quigley, Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Beyza Nur Yolcu (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 431 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spartaküs by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sermet Yalçın (Translator), Beste Bal (Goodreads Author) (copy-editor) 3.87 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1933 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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