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u/Generalj10 · 6 pointsr/quant

Hull's Derivatives is the bible
Stigum's Money Market is a legitimately enjoyable read and taught me SO MUCH
Fabozzi's Fixed Income Handbook is a good general overview of the FI market. (More widely known than, but not as good as Stigum's.)
I don't know where your programming skills are, but try to model out anything that you find interesting in the books above using Jupyter. This will help a great deal with internalizing what's happening mechanically underneath the concepts you're learning.
How I Became A Quant for easy train/bed reading.
Mandlebrot for a dose of realism. Models are always wrong.
The Medium of Contingency for a glimpse into the mind of a practitioner. It's... weird.
Cliff's blog because he's humble (and also my idol). His chapter in How I Became A Quant is the best, imo.

disclaimer: Not a quant, never went to school for it nor worked in finance. I just like reading. This list is more than enough for the summer, but let me know if you want material focused on anything in particular. (Structured products, history, etc.)