They are probably terrible for self-study, but I want to mention them anyway. I am a huge fan of David Bressoud’s Calculus (and analysis!) books. His first one

They are probably terrible for self-study, but I want to mention them anyway. I am a huge fan of David Bressoud’s Calculus (and analysis!) books. His first one doesn’t have exercises and his second one has a lot of physics. They are all heavy on written narrative and interlaced with history. I find all four of them absolutely fascinating. Calculus: https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Reordered-History-Big-Ideas/dp/0691181314 https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Reordered-History-Big-Ideas/... https://www.amazon.com/Second-Year-Calculus-Undergraduate-Mathematics-ebook/dp/B006Y30FUW https://www.amazon.com/Second-Year-Calculus-Undergraduate-Ma... Analysis: https://www.amazon.com/Approach-Analysis-Mathematical-Association-Textbooks/dp/0883857472 https://www.amazon.com/Approach-Analysis-Mathematical-Associ... https://www.amazon.com/Lebesgues-Integration-Mathematical-Association-Textbooks/dp/0521711835 https://www.amazon.com/Lebesgues-Integration-Mathematical-As...