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Kevin P. Costello
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For discrete mathematics, I would recommend Van Lint-Wilson's "A Course in Combinatorics" as a good introductory text. It consists of 38 (in my edition) chapters that give (often largely self-contained) introductions to various areas of the field. Although it doesn't go nearly as in depth as, say, Stanley's "Enumerative Combinatorics" or a text focused solely on graph theory, I found it excellent for giving a broad overview and indicating to me where I wanted to explore deeper.

My one caveat would be that some chapters require background in either linear algebra or basic group theory, though those are easily skippable due to the structure of the book.