Help me choose from these Differential Geometry + Riemannian Geometry texts?

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I want to choose introductory graduate differential geometry and Riemannian texts that minimally overlap with one another. I have narrowed my selection to these books. Please help me decide which ones are superfluous or whether I should read all of them. Thanks

  1. Differential Geometry by Tu (1st edition, Springer, 2017)
  2. Manifolds and Differential Geometry by Jeffrey Lee (1st edition, AMS, 2009)
  3. Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds by John Lee (2nd edition, Springer, 2018)
  4. Riemannian Geometry by Petersen (3rd edition, Springer, 2016)
  5. Riemannian Geometry and Geometric Analysis by Jost (7th edition, Springer, 2017)
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My opinion is that 'Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds by John Lee (2nd edition, Springer, 2018)' is the best of the bunch, and should be read first. The book is extremely clear, well explained, and covers a massive amount of material. Reading this would make Differential Geometry (Tu) and Manifolds and Differential Geometry (Jeffrey Lee) mostly redundant, but the other two cover complementary sets of material, and both are good (though I consider Petersen to be the better written of the two, and I have found a few mistakes in Jost).