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	Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver (Goodreads Author), Peter F. L. Jílek (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.02 avg rating — 246,433 ratings — published 2012 — 108 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
	V tejto sa princezná zachráni sama by Amanda Lovelace, Ema Malíšková (Translator), Peter F. L. Jílek (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 161,495 ratings — published 2016 — 32 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
	Cisár by Ryszard Kapuściński, Patrik Oriešek (Translator), Peter F. L. Jílek (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 9,477 ratings — published 1978 — 4 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
	U ime oca by Balla, Maja Novković (Translator), Peter F. L. Jílek (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.66 avg rating — 380 ratings — published 2011 — 12 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
	Ale by Tomáš Ulej (Goodreads Author), Peter F. L. Jílek (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katarína Slaninková (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 128 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
	Fantázia 2011: Antológia fantastických poviedok by Ivan Pullman (Editor), Peter F. L. Jílek (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Martin Vlachynský 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	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
	Metrofóbia by Maroš Hečko, Lucie Potůčková, Peter Balko 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	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
	Zrkadlenia 2017 by Adam Kollár, Diana Laslopová (Editor), Kristína Oslejová liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	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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