A List of the Best Mathematics Books

The following books would be the minimal selections required for a school library, excellent selections by high school and college-level math instructors, or for anyone interested in furthering his or her understanding of mathematics.

Algebra and Trigonometry

Algebra and Trigonometry (3rd Edition) by Judith A. Beecher

Algebra and Trigonometry (9th Edition) by Michael Sullivan

Algebra and Trigonometry, 6th Edition by Ron Larson

Algebra and Trigonometry, 8th Edition by Ron Larson

Algebra and Trigonometry by James Stewart

Algebra and Trigonometry: Structure and Met... by MCDOUGAL LITTEL

College Algebra and Trigonometry by Richard N. Aufmann

Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic Geom... by Earl W. Swokowski

Precalculus Mathematics in a Nutshell: Geom... by George F. Simmons

Calculus

Calculus by Ron Larson

Calculus by Ron Larson

Calculus by James Stewart

CK-12 Calculus by CK-12 Foundation

Calculus, 4th edition by Michael Spivak

Calculus: Single Variable by Deborah Hughes-Hallett

Calculus For Dummies by Mark Ryan

Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approac... by Morris Kline

Schaum's Outline of Calculus, 5th ed. (Scha... by Frank Ayres

Advanced Calculus

The Gamma Function by James Bonnar

Advanced Calculus by R. Creighton Buck

Advanced Calculus by David Widder

Advanced Calculus (5th Edition) by Wilfred Kaplan

Advanced Calculus (Pure and Applied Undergr... by Patrick M. Fitzpatrick

Advanced Calculus, 3rd Edition by Angus E. Taylor

Advanced Calculus Demystified by David Bachman

Advanced Calculus by Gerald B. Folland

Schaum's Outline of Advanced Calculus, Seco... by Robert C. Wrede

Linear Algebra

Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 3rd Up... by David C. Lay

Schaum's Outline of Linear Algebra Fourth E... by Seymour Lipschutz

Introduction to Linear Algebra, Fourth Edit... by Gilbert Strang

Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction by David Poole

Elementary Linear Algebra by Ron Larson

Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler

Linear Algebra (Dover Books on Linear Algebra For Dummies Mathematics) by Mary Jane Sterling by Mathematics

Linear Algebra with Applications (8th Editi... by Steve Leon

Analysis

Principles of Mathematical Analysis, Third ... by Walter Rudin

Analysis: With an Introduction to Mathematical Analysis, Second Proof (4t... Edition by Steven R. Lay by Tom M. Apostol

Analysis (Graduate Studies in Mathematics) by Elliott H. Lieb

Understanding Analysis (Undergraduate Texts... by Stephen Abbott

Introduction to Analysis (Dover Books on Ma... by Maxwell Rosenlicht

Introduction to Real Analysis by Robert G. Bartle

Real and Complex Analysis (International Se... by Walter Rudin

Elements of the Theory of Functions and Fun... by A. N. Kolmogorov

Differential Equations

Ordinary Differential Equations (Dover Book... by Morris Tenenbaum

Differential Equations by Paul (Paul Blanchard) Blanchard

A First Course in Differential Equations: T... by Dennis G. Zill

A First Course in Differential Equations by Dennis G. Zill

Elementary Differential Equations by William E. Boyce

Fundamentals of Differential Equations (8th... by R. Kent Nagle

A Modern Introduction to Differential Equat... by Henry J. Ricardo

Differential Equations Demystified by Steven Krantz

A First Course in Differential Equations (U... by J. David Logan

Group Theory

Symmetry: An Introduction to Group Theory a... by Roy McWeeny

Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics (Dover B... by Michael Tinkham

Group Theory (Dover Books on Mathematics) by W. R. Scott

Visual Group Theory (MAA Classroom Resource... by Nathan Carter

Group Theory and Chemistry (Dover Books on ... by David M. Bishop

A Course in the Theory of Groups (Graduate ... by Derek J.S. Robinson

Group Theory: A Physicist's Survey by Pierre Ramond

Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Some of Their... by Robert Gilmore

Problems in Group Theory (Dover Books on Ma... by John D. Dixon

Number Theory

Number Theory (Dover Books on Number Theory: A Lively Mathematics) Introduction with P... by George E. Andrews by James Pommersheim

An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers by G. H. Hardy

Elementary Number Theory (Springer Undergra... by Gareth A. Jones

Elementary Number Theory (6th Elementary Theory of Numbers Edition) (Dover Books o... by Kenneth H. Rosen by William J. LeVeque

Number Theory and Its History (Dover Books ... by Oystein Ore

An Introduction to Number Theory (Graduate ... by G. Everest

Friendly Introduction to Number Theory, A (... by Joseph H. Silverman

Probability Theory

Probability Theory: The Logic of Probability Theory: A Science Comprehensive Course ... by E. T. Jaynes by Achim Klenke

First Look at Rigorous Probability Theory by Jeffrey S. Rosenthal

A Course in Probability Theory, An Introduction to Probability Third Edition Theory and I... by Kai Lai Chung by William Feller

Introduction to Probability Theory by Paul G. Hoel

Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability w... by Frederick Mosteller

Probability and Measure, 3rd Edition by Patrick Billingsley

Probability & Measure Theory, Second Ed... by Robert B. Ash

Complex Analysis

Complex Analysis by Lars Ahlfors

Complex Analysis by Theodore W. Gamelin

Visual Complex Analysis by Tristan Needham

Complex Analysis (Princeton Lectures in Ana... by Elias M. Stein

Introductory Complex Analysis (Dover Books ... by Richard A. Silverman

Fundamentals of Complex Analysis with Appl... by Edward B. Saff

Complex Variables: Second Edition (Dover Bo... by Stephen D. Fisher

Elementary Real and Complex Analysis (Dover... by Georgi E. Shilov

Complex Analysis for Mathematics and Engine... by John H. Mathews