List of Textbooks for Intro to A & A I course

Given the short duration of this course (only 14 lectures) and its vast scope, I will not be able to do justice to any topic. However, I hope that the list of books provided below, will be able to whet your appetite on the many topics covered in this course.

General textbooks

Padmanabhan: Theoretical Astrophysics (Cambridge:2010) A comprehensive 3 volume survey of many aspects of modern astrophysics from a theoretical perspective.
Rai Choudhuri: Astrophysics for physicists (Cambridge: 2010) A clear exposition of most topics in astrophysics at a level suitable for this course.
Caroll and Ostlie: An introduction to Modern Astrophysics (Cambridge: 2017) Although I am not a big fan of catch-all textbooks for the US Astronomy undergrad market, this is one of the best ones in this category.
Freedman, Geller, Kaufmann: The Universe (Freeman:2010) Another comprehensive and well-written text for the undergrad market
Rees (ed.): The Universe: a definitive visual guide (DK:2020) The most beautiful book to remind us why we do what we do. The text is very well written too, but from the layman's perspective.

More specialised textbooks

Milone and Wilson Solar System Astrophysics (Springer:2014) A comprehensive two volume introduction to the solar system.
Shapiro and Teukolsky Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars: The Physics of Compact Objects (Wiley:1983) An old classic that has not been bettered.
Kippenhahn, Weigert and Weiss Stellar Structure and Evolution (Springer:2020) Classic text, now in a revised second edition.
Binney and Merrifield Galactic Astronomy (Princeton:1998) This is the definitive treatment of the phenomenology of galaxies. We will include material from this book. However, several aspects have been rendered outdated by recent research.
Schneider: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology: An Introduction (Springer:2010) Excellent new textbook that covers many of the topics in extragalactic physics we are interested in in this course.
Peebles: Principles of Physical Cosmology: A classic text. For our purposes, it forms an excellent introduction to basic concepts in cosmology and galaxy formation.