Good books on Solid State Physics

Solid State Physics by Neil W. Ashcroft, N. David Mermin

When I was taking the course of solid state physics. This book is my best favorite. I like the style of having more physics than math in this book. If the physics can be explained clearly in terms of words, then it will not turn to math. My professor has been complaining the chapter order of this book and he was using the content of this book while following the chapter order of another book "Introduction to Solid State Physics" by Charles Kittel as the following one.

Introduction to Solid State Physics by Charles Kittel
The best thing about this book is that it is well organized. The previous chapter is the foundation of the next chapter. In most universities, this book is chosen as the text book of solid state physics. I, however, do not like it too much since there are too much formulas in it. We don't know where the formulas come from. When you have this puzzling, please consult the book of Mermin. I prefer to think of this book as a reference book instead of the text book for a course. When combining this one with the Mermin's, you get the best.