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It explains the basic concepts and modules of GPT-based LLMs really well! I personally wish it went a bit deeper, but thatâs okay. Iâll definitely … Read full review
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Sebastian Raschka does a great job of explaining the intuition for an LLM as set up for implementing the real deal. I feel like I have a much … Read full review
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This book is exceptional. The author presents LLM internals in small doses via clear prose and Python code examples. I came away with … Read full review
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## Great book for learning how LLMs work! This book truly delivers on its promise. "Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)" is a … Read full review
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Fantastic explanation on the inner workings of language models in real plain language. Great as a present too, so get one for yourself and … Read full review
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This is one of the best book to refer for those who want to understand the GPT model. The book showcases the author's extensive … Read full review
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Fantastic resource to understand LLMs from the ground up! … Read full review
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This book teaches a lot about LLM and includes direct practice with code … Read full review
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This comprehensive DIY guide book is tailored for individuals delving into the core of Large Language Model (LLM) development, … Read full review
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This book provides a clear insight for a better understanding of large language models. … Read full review
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Very didactic book, with good examples and applied results. A must even when you already have a good understanding at DeepLearning … Read full review
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If you want to know how LLM work, buy this book. It is truly one of the best tech books that I have ever read. … Read full review
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Great introduction to the fundamentals of Large Language Models. … Read full review
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Great in-depth explanation of some of machine learning complex subjects. … Read full review
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Excellent well written book with great examples. A good foundation for those wanting to get into programming with Large Langauge … Read full review
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This is a great book starting with simple examples then building on each steps and whats most important is not incredibly bloated like … Read full review
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This is a great book with code and clear explanation! … Read full review
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Many of us want to write a customized and secure smaller version of the LLM model this book is an excellent start. … Read full review
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Amazing overview of LLMs. Would recommend to anyone in NLP. … Read full review
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It is a great book for anyone interested in understanding the large language models. The explanations are clear, the examples are practical, and … Read full review
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This book explains LLM in great detail. … Read full review
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As LLMs continue to be a hot topic in AI, many data professionals find the science behind their implementation to be intimidating. … Read full review
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Hands-dirty approach to learning the nature and internals of Large Language Models that drive our current AI craziness. IOW you really do not … Read full review
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Great book if you want to understand the fundamentals of LLMs and want to implement them. … Read full review
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Insightful but still extremely accessible, a great explanation of the basic functionalities and implementation of LLMs … Read full review
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If you would like to understand LLMs from the ground up, look nowhere else. Study this book end-to-end with the code examples, and … Read full review
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Amazing book, a must for anyone interested in learning about GenAI and LLMs … Read full review
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Thanks to Sebastian for the great content that he has been creating! … Read full review
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An amazing book to anyone who wants to learn the basics of LLMs decoders … Read full review
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Absolutely brilliant book to know everything about the internal workings of an LLM … Read full review
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Fantastic way to understand LLMs at a deeper level. … Read full review
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This book has been incredible so far, and it's not even finished yet. Updates every once in a while and I'm so excited for the final few … Read full review
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A nice read - I liked the authors blog and I wanted to support his work. I read the main content of the book and one of the appendix … Read full review
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I now understand the architectures of the LLM so much better thanks to this book. … Read full review
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Very useful resource! I have enjoyed using this book. … Read full review
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This is an excellent book. Generally understanding how LLMs work is challenging; however, building an LLM by yourself step by … Read full review
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To me this the best book on LLMs released so far … Read full review
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Sebastian Raschka has consistently demonstrated his uncanny ability to simplify complex topics; this book is no exception. His explanations … Read full review
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Clear book and very thorough content and explanations … Read full review
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This is the perfect book if you want to really understand how large language models work. The book guides you step by step in a way that it's … Read full review
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I think it is a useful book that introduces the core concepts that are required to build LLMs. The book is not difficult to read. You may need some … Read full review
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I am still working through this book but I recommend it. You can learn how to make large language models and any detailed resource on this … Read full review
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This is an incredible book that shows you, step by step, the process of developing those LLM. Highly recommended. … Read full review
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this books breaks down building LLMs in an easy to understand way. it's totally worth it … Read full review
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Love this book and learned so many skills about LLM and PyTorch. … Read full review
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Complex topics have been broken down and simplified in a clear way. First book to unleash the underlyings of LLM … Read full review
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Excellent book about the subject of LLM clean diagrams and code format … Read full review
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Great book for understanding how Large Language Models work, from architecture, pre-training, post-training, fine-tuning. The appendix … Read full review
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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) is an outstanding resource for anyone eager to dive deep into LLM development. It … Read full review
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You can build your own LLM from scratch following this book! … Read full review
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I wanted to buy the epub + online version. When I saw that audio was also available for 2 or 3 more dollars, I clicked on this latter choice … Read full review
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"Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)" is an insightful and hands-on guide for AI enthusiasts and researchers looking to … Read full review
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Well written with lots of great information. I highly recommend it. … Read full review
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Book is very good in explaining LLMs and AI sample scripts are very useful to understand the content. I would recommend this … Read full review
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Excellent, foundational overview of LLM technologies. Best in class, with only a small handful of comparable resources as of 2025. … Read full review
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Love the book and explanations. The only regret I have, it is that buying the printed book is in B&W: it is too sad to read when color is available … Read full review
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Clearly written, with practical examples all the way through the text. … Read full review
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An excellent overview of an important AI topic. … Read full review
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This book provides an outstanding exploration of LLMs. It is an essential read for those seeking a comprehensive understanding of … Read full review
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A great book, many professors use it in my university. … Read full review
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This book is a must for every beginner in the LLM field … Read full review
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Great, comprehensive book for beginers … Read full review
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The description of the processes are at the perfect level for my knowledge. Iâm waiting for the missing chapters desperately. … Read full review
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Great book for software developers without statistical background. Questions that arise will be answered when we turn the page. … Read full review
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Excellent coverage of the topic, easy explanation of concepts, great code examples … Read full review
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The book content is a perfect match to the title. It guides through the data prep, training, and evaluation, and includes exercises with … Read full review
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Coming from the background of distributed and high load BE engineering and having touched ML/AI last time in the university I found this book … Read full review
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Having fun! learning and experimenting new things … Read full review
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Explains things in a more complete manner. There is not guessing. … Read full review
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An excellent book for those who want to understand the inner working of LLMs. … Read full review
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I did a book study with some friends, covering this book over several months. The author gives fantastic jupyter notebooks that … Read full review
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This is a good, practical book. It also contains reference information for further details. There are plenty of sample codes and appendices. … Read full review
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Great book to learn about how to build LLMs … Read full review
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It's an incredibly hard subject, and with that in mind, it's well written and, with the help of ChatGPT (lol), pretty followable. The extra quiz with whom … Read full review
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A very good and helpful book. Really help understand LLM. Step by step details, building solid foundation. I hope author can publish more … Read full review
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Excellent book with clear and deep explanations. Very easy to read and understand. I strongly recommend it. … Read full review
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A great way to demystify the architecture of LLMs, easy to follow and building towards a complete modern example. Strongly recommended. … Read full review
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The listing does not clearly state that this is a digital book. I ordered it assuming it was a physical copy (like several others in this review section), … Read full review
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While this book is not yet finished, it is already one of the best ressources when it comes to build, modify and train LLMs. If you are or want … Read full review
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Has a lot of details about how LLM models and built and the important aspects of training performance. I think absolute LLM beginners and … Read full review
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Complete LLM creation guide. Essential read. Score 5/5 … Read full review
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Knowing the videos from Andrej Karpathy, I was wondering how much this book will add. And it gave quite some deeper insights beyond … Read full review
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This book is an amazing resource for someone to understand Large Language models in depth. I have been a fan of Sebastian's work … Read full review
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Me and a few of my students have studied this book "Build a LLM from scratch". I must say this is one of the best written technical books I have … Read full review
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I am currently learning alot from the hands-on approach to building LLMs … Read full review
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I'm new to this subject but this book goes a long way to add to my understanding. … Read full review
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A very thorough yet practical and understandable description of how modern-day LLMs are built, 10/10!!! … Read full review
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This is probably one of the best books I have read that makes understanding transformer architecture so much easier. Well done to the … Read full review
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Very easy read so far; however only the first 2 chapters are completed. With code in Python, was able to write programs to reinforce the … Read full review
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This book has very good examples to help build LLMs and domain-specific content … Read full review
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It's worth having the book. Step-by-step instructions for each part of LLM. Lots of updated and supplemental learning material from Git … Read full review
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Once the complete book is available, I'd offer to change this review to 5 stars. At this point consider 3-stars to mean "incomplete". … Read full review
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The book itself is great. But I didn't know the print is black-and-white. A color copy would be much better. … Read full review
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Sebastian poured a lot of effort to explain the attention mechanism and other things in a step by step manner. Highly recommended … Read full review
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Well structured, practical examples, easy for beginners. … Read full review
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"Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)" is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to understand the inner workings of … Read full review
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The audio is an excellent complement to the book for diving into LLM. Building an LLM from scratch makes LLM implementation … Read full review
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This book helped me understand the basic idea underlying LLMs very quickly. I havenât actually built one but that will happen. … Read full review
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This book is exceptional, an incredible way to get to know the ins and outs of LLMs by working through how to code up GPT-2 from scratch! … Read full review
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This amazing book authored by my favorite author on this topic dives deep into the practical aspects of building an LLM. Worth spending your … Read full review
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Everything about this book so far is amazing. The way it is written and the step by step instructions on building an LLM is exactly what I … Read full review
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This book I used to train an LLM to help me to create my first GPT2 model from scratch. … Read full review
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Simply one of the best books if you want to make progress in LLMs. … Read full review
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One of the best ways to make sure one understands a new subject, is to start from first principles. This book effectively takes the reader down … Read full review
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