Skip to content
Menu
Lucky's Bookshelf
  • Browse
  • About
Lucky's Bookshelf

About

My name is Bai Li. I am a PhD student at the University of Toronto. I do research in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. I read a lot of books, mostly nonfiction (science, economics, history, etc), so that I can better understand the world that we live in. Over the past few years, I’ve read about one book per week; this site is a collection of my book notes.

This site is monetized with the Amazon Affiliates Program: I earn a small amount every time you make a purchase using these links. However, I give honest reviews and scores to my books. The scoring system is designed as follows:

  • <7: Didn’t enjoy it. Doesn’t mean the book is objectively bad (most of these books are highly rated on Amazon), it’s just a matter of personal taste.
  • 7-8: Decent book and I learned something from it, but probably has some flaws that prevented me from rating it higher. My average book gets a score of around 7.5/10.
  • 8-9: Very well written book that I would definitely recommend to anyone interested in the topic. Top 30% of books.
  • 9-10: Book that transformed my worldview in a significant way. I give scores above 9 very sparingly, top 5% of books.

Here is a list of my top-rated books of all time.

Please subscribe to my mailing list (on the sidebar) to receive weekly book reviews, or check out my math and coding blog!

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Reddit
  • Twitter

Search

Enjoying these books?

Join our mailing list to receive weekly book reviews!

No spam, unsubscribe at any time

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

Subjects

  • Meta (2)
  • Topics (227)
    • Arts and Music (12)
    • Business / Finance (25)
    • Canada (11)
    • China (17)
    • Current Events (8)
    • Data Science / ML (8)
    • Economics (11)
    • History (27)
    • Indigenous (9)
    • Linguistics (17)
    • Mathematics (5)
    • Medicine / Health (14)
    • Natural Sciences (20)
    • Philosophy (15)
    • Self-Help / Career (12)
    • Social Sciences (12)
    • Software Engineering (3)
    • Startups (12)
    • World (22)
  • Type (244)
    • Classics (18)
    • Nonfiction (162)
    • Novels / Fiction (29)
    • Textbooks (36)

Lucky’s Bookshelf is a participant of the Amazon Affiliates Program.

©2023 Lucky's Bookshelf | Powered by SuperbThemes & WordPress