>Options, Futures, and other Derivatives
You are going to need a solid foundation in mathematics to get anything from that book. As I mentioned to another post minimum multivariate calc and Dif Eq's.
These books would be very great if you are interested in the math side of finance.
One way is to go back to school and get a MS in Quantitative/Mathematical Finance. Are you familiar with topics in this book, or motivated by topics in this book? I'm quite puzzled why these master's programs aren't talked about here more often, despite this sub being obsessed with quant finance.
You might consider Mathematics for Finance by Capinski and Zastawnaik.
It certainly isn't very rigorous and uses a financial-engineering approach, but it's set up well for self study and may be useful for building vocabulary and seeing the math in an applied sense before studying it in a more proper and abstract way.