Graph Theory (Graduate Texts in Mathematics 173), 6th Edition
by Reinhard Diestel · Springer-Verlag
The standard modern reference, sixth edition 2025. Matching, connectivity, planarity, colouring, flows, extremal theory, Ramsey theory, random graphs and the minors theorem, with complete proofs. The author's site hosts a free online preview of the full main text.
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