Refrences for Differentiable Manifolds:
The easiest introductions are:
- Lee
Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
Springer 2003
- Boothby
An introduction to differentiable manifolds and Riemannian geometry
Acad. Press 2002
- Spivak
A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry Vol I-II
Publish & Perish 1999
Some further classical differentiable manifold references are:
- Lang
Introduction to Differential Manifolds Springer Verlag 2002
- Warner
Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups.
Springer Verlag 1983
- Dubrovin, Formenko, Novikov
Modern geometry-methods and applications vol I-II
Springer 1992
Spivak and Lee are extensive whereas Lang and Warner are concise.
Dubrovin et al starts with local th.
A couple of classical undergraduate texts are
- Spivak Calculus on Manifolds Benjamin 1965
- Munkers Analysis on Manifolds Westview Press 1991
A couple of references that also cover applications to physics:
- Abraham, Marsden, Ratiu
Manifolds, Tensor Analysis, and Applications
Springer Verlag 1988
- Darling
Differential Forms and Connections
Cambridge University Press 1994
- Schutz Geometgrical methods of mathematical physics
Cambridge University Press 1980
- Frankel The Geometry of Physics: An itroduction
Cambridge University Press 2003
Abraham et al is an extensive source on manifold theory including
mentioned applications.
Darling does things more concretely,
with applications to electromagnetism,
but it doesn't cover the core syllabus.