How would you compare this book to the first part of "Deep Learning" book (by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville)? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262035618

The list does not describe why they are the best books, except for a very short blurb. We read the Deep Learning book by Goodfellow, Bengio, and Courville in our reading group when it came out. Even though it contains useful information, it is written in a very haphazard fashion. It is also very unclear what its target audience is. Some sections start as a foundational description, to suddenly change into something that is only for readers with a strong maths background. No one in the reading group was enthusiastic about the book and most actively recommend against it (some called it 'the deep learning book for people who already know deep learning').

The highest-rated Amazon reviews seem to have come to the same conclusion: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Learning-Adaptive-Computation-Ma...

Put differently, a list such as the linked one may attract a lot of visitors. But without critical, in-depth reviews it is not very useful and might set potential learners on the wrong path.

I ordered a copy of Deep Learning [1] from Amazon last week. On Barnes & Noble [2] the book costs $76.80. On Amazon it is just $28.00. I received the book a couple of days ago. The pages look like it was printed using a low-resolution printer, and the ink color is uneven across pages. I am returning the book. Possible counterfeit, sold by a third party seller. On the other hand this book is also available free online [3]. Maybe it is legal to print it and sell it?

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Learning-Adaptive-Computation-Ma...

[2] https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/deep-learning-ian-goodfello...

[3] https://www.deeplearningbook.org/