I recently combed through the same question on this platform and others. Mostly everyone came up with Sir Arnab Rai Chaudhuri's introduction to astrophysics, however upon plugging the same book on AIs like GEMINI it says it is too advanced for a high-schooler. Thus i wanted a human opinion on as to where I should begin from being a recent high school graduate and 17 years old. If i need any pre-requisites to actually dive into astrophysics do let me know books for that too as I'm doing this as self-study and doing it for myself. Additionally please provide me some advice on how I should proceed with my studying of astrophysics and if I need to take any precautions while doing so. Thank you.
P.S: I am not looking for a superficial book like Mr.Hawking's or Mr.Sagan's but rather a comprehensive text with the math, concepts and everything.
