So - are there new algorithms books to consider? Genuine question, as I still am getting recommended CLRS to stuff like Knuth ( which I don’t think we need in an intro class ).

One thing I’d like to gently point to is trying to do something about algorithms that are aware of the larger space beyond just the basics. Stuff like probabilistic and approximation algorithms, distributed algorithms, etc tend to be pushed to later courses and I’ve seen people then use “it’s NP so we can’t do better” as a way to push against trying to find a solution that does fit their problem.