Second year Physics student reading list questions

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The discussion centers on preparing for advanced physics courses and internships at Warwick University. The user is entering their second year and has secured two internships while reviewing subject reading lists. They are specifically seeking recommendations for textbooks in Statistical Mechanics, Electromagnetic Theory, Optics, Hamiltonian Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, and Quantum Mechanics, with a focus on electromagnetism and quantum mechanics. They express difficulty with the complexity of Goldstein's text on Lagrangian mechanics, finding Landau and Lifshitz's Volume 1 more accessible. There is a query about the suitability of Volume 2 for electromagnetism. Standard recommendations include Marion and Thornton for Lagrangians and Griffiths for undergraduate electromagnetism. The importance of consulting university-specific texts is also emphasized.
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I'm now moving on to my second year at Warwick and have ended up with 2 internships this summer. I've also been looking at the subject reading lists. I will be taking Statistical mechanics, Electromagnetic theory, Optics, Hamiltonian mechanics, Fluid dynamics, Quantum mechanics, among others which I am better prepared for.

Which are the best and most recommended textbooks for these subjects, especially electromagnetism and quantum mechanics?

For instance I'm preparing for my 1st internship by studying Lagrangian mechanics, but the book in the reading lists is enormously complicated and, I think, very difficult to follow (Goldstein). I have found Landau and Lifshitz volume 1 to be much more accessible. Will volume 2 of that work for electromagnetism (currently my favourite module)?
 
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These are graduate level texts. Marion (and the recent versions with Thornton) is a standard undergraduate text that covers Lagrangians. Griffiths is typical undergrad E&M text. Even better, look at the texts you will be using at your university.
 
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