I will have to teach a topology course:
it starts in point set topology and ends at fundamental group of $S^1$.


In the past I have used two different books:


* *Elementary Topology. Textbook in Problems,* by O.Ya.Viro, O.A.Ivanov, V.M.Kharlamov and N.Y.Netsvetaev.
* *A First Course in Algebraic Topology* by Czes Kosniowski


I like both of these books and my students hate both of them.
So I am thinking, maybe I should choose another book this time.



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A book in topology
A fairly streamlined book, although initially gentle, is [Essential Topology](http://www.springer.com/mathematics/geometry/book/978-1-85233-782-7) by Crossley. It goes up to homotopy and homology. See also [Celebrating Swansea University Authors](http://www.youtube.com/user/CelebrateSUAuthors?v=4N7r6yvBkBI&lr=1) to view Crossley talking about his book.


