Recommend books suitable for self studying a topic in your field?
Can you mention some books that are perfectly made for self study? The subject and topic may be anything. The only thing that counts is that the book can be read alone without a teacher (maybe with the help of the internet).
Robert P. Goldman and Sally J. Sutherland Goldman (ed and trans.), The Ramayaṇa of Valmiki: The Complete English Translation (Princeton University Press, 2022)
Any book can be read alone without a teacher.