Let's Study (HEP)

Catching up on math:

The fundamentals:

More Advanced:

These aren't necessarily essential as physics texts will force feed a lot of it to you, but: 

Stepping into the quantum/relativistic:

Baby steps: 

If you've never done much physics or math yet still want to give it a go, check out:

Diving into mechanics: 

Let's get serious with more substantive introductions:

Relativity and Particles

QFT at last

Easy mode:
Hard mode:
Expert mode:

Special Topics

QCD

Exploring the Non-Perturbative

History, Philosophy, and the like

Conformal Field Theory

Condensed Matter

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