Free Chemistry Books

This is the updated list of chemistry books available for free download or online reading. These books, papers and lecture notes cover all the areas of analytical chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry, crystallography, physical chemistry, electronic structure theory, biochemistry, chemical engineering, and many others. The books are made available free of charge to the reader by their authors or publishers. Here is a categorized directory of chemistry books. This page is updated daily.

1. Electrons and Chemical Bonding
   Harry B. Gray | W. A. Benjamin, Inc., Published in 1965, 232 pages
2. Discovery of the Elements
   Mary Elvira Weeks | Journal Of Chemical Education, Published in 1956, 928 pages
3. Multiscale Simulation Methods in Molecular Sciences
   J. Grotendorst, N. Attig, S. Bluegel, D. Marx | Julich Supercomputing Centre, Published in 2009, 592 pages
4. Ion Exchange: Studies and Applications
   Ayben Kilislioglu (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2015, 204 pages
5. RNA Interference
   Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2016, 456 pages
6. Differential Equations In Applied Chemistry
   F.L. Hitchcock, C.S. Robinson | John Wiley And Sons, Published in 1923, 129 pages
7. Textbook of Physical Chemistry
   Azariah Thomas Lincoln | D. C. Heath & Co., Published in 1918, 572 pages
8. Inorganic Chemistry
   Taro Saito | Kanagawa University, Published in 2004, 194 pages
9. Chemical Engineering Vocabulary
   Maximilian Lackner | Bookboon, Published in 2014, 309 pages
10. Miniaturization in Sample Preparation
    Francisco Pena-Pereira (ed.) | De Gruyter Open, Published in 2014, 463 pages
11. Quantum Mechanics: Lecture Notes on Quantum Chemistry
    Eric R. Bittner | University of Houston, Published in 2003, 259 pages
12. The Chemistry of Health
    Alison Davis | National Institutes of Health, Published in 2009, 20 pages
13. Quantitative Chemical Analysis
    T. E. Thorpe | J. Wiley & Sons, Published in 1891, 420 pages
14. Modelling Batch Systems Using Population Balances
    Peter Dybdahl Hede | BookBoon, Published in 2006, 58 pages
15. Computational Electronic Structure Theory
    Patrick Rinke | Fritz Haber Institute, Published in 2011, 66 pages
16. College Physics for Students of Biology and Chemistry
    Kenneth R. Koehler | Raymond Walters College, Published in 2003, 352 pages
17. Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry, 2ed
    John D. Roberts, Marjorie C. Caserio | Addison-Wesley, Published in 1977, 1618 pages
18. Physical Chemistry for Beginners
    Charles Marius Deventer | John Wiley & Sons, Published in 1903, 200 pages
19. Advanced Topics of Theoretical Physics I: The electronic structure of matter
    Peter E. Blöchl | TU Clausthal, Published in 2013, 302 pages
20. Lecture Notes in Computational Chemistry: Electronic Structure Theory
    Jurg Hutter | University of Zurich, Published in 2005, 152 pages
21. Carbohydrates: Comprehensive Studies on Glycobiology and Glycotechnology
    Chuan-Fa Chang (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2012, 558 pages
22. Molecular Simulation
    | Wikibooks, Published in 2016, 169 pages
23. Fluid Bed Particle Processing
    Peter Dybdahl Hede | BookBoon, Published in 2006, 80 pages
24. Atomic Spectroscopy
    W.C. Martin, W.L. Wiese | National Institute of Standards and Technology, Published in 2003, 31 pages
25. Molecular Spectroscopy
    Steve Marsden | chemtopics.com, Published in 2009, 45 pages
26. Infrared Spectroscopy: Principles, Advances, and Applications
    Marwa El-Azazy | InTech, Published in 2019, 235 pages
27. Structural Biochemistry
    | Wikibooks, Published in 2012
28. Fundamentals of Chemistry
    Romain Elsair | BookBoon, Published in 2012, 133 pages
29. Single-Molecule Optics
    Michel Orrit | Universiteit Leiden, Published in 2004, 32 pages
30. Electrochemistry
    Mohammed A. A. Khalid (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2013, 198 pages
31. Worked Examples in the Geometry of Crystals
    H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia | Institute of Metals, Published in 2006, 113 pages
32. Membrane Distillation
    Enrico Drioli (ed.) | MDPI AG, Published in 2017, 134 pages
33. Chemical Ecology: The Chemistry of Biotic Interaction
    Thomas Eisner, Jerrold Meinwald | National Academies Press, Published in 1995, 241 pages
34. Electrically Driven Membrane Processes
    Soren Prip Beier | BookBoon, Published in 2006, 52 pages
35. A Brief Review of Elementary Quantum Chemistry
    C. David Sherrill | Georgia Institute of Technology, Published in 2001
36. Advanced Chemical Kinetics
    Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2018, 224 pages
37. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
    J. Karl Johnson | University of Pittsburgh, Published in 2009
38. Chemical Biology
    Deniz Ekinci | InTech, Published in 2012, 444 pages
39. GRE Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology Test Practice Book
    | Educational Testing Service, Published in 2008, 66 pages
40. Hydrides: Fundamentals and Applications
    Craig Jensen, Etsuo Akiba, Hai-Wen Li (eds.) | MDPI AG, Published in 2017, 270 pages
41. Introduction to Crystallography and Mineral Crystal Systems
    Mike Howard, Darcy Howard | Rockhounding Arkansas, Published in 1998, 127 pages
42. An Elementary Study of Chemistry
    William Edwards Henderson | ManyBooks, Published in 1905, 390 pages
43. Chemical Information Sources
    Gary Wiggins | Wikibooks, Published in 2011
44. Thermodynamic Extension of Density-functional Theory
    Robert Balawender, Andrzej Holas | arXiv, Published in 2012, 144 pages
45. GRE Chemistry Test Practice Book
    | Educational Testing Service, Published in 2002, 55 pages
46. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry
    | Wikibooks, Published in 2014
47. Many-body Perturbation Theory of Molecules
    S. Wilson | , Published in 2006, 48 pages
48. Biochemistry Laboratory Manual For Undergraduates
    Timea Gerczei, Scott Pattison | Walter De Gruyter Inc, Published in 2014, 174 pages
49. The Structures of Life
    | National Institutes of Health, Published in 2007, 66 pages
50. Elements of X-Ray Diffraction
    B.D. Cullity | Addison-Wesley, Published in 1956, 531 pages
51. Numerical Methods and Modeling for Chemical Engineers
    Mark E. Davis | John Wiley & Sons, Published in 1984, 267 pages
52. Atomic Spectra Vol II
    A. C. Candler | , Published in 1937, 313 pages
53. Molecular Orbital Theory
    Carl Ballhausen, Harry Gray | W. A. Benjamin, Inc., Published in 1965, 285 pages
54. Methods in Industrial Biotechnology for Chemical Engineers
    W. B. V. Kandasamy, F. Smarandache | InfoLearnQuest, Published in 2008, 126 pages
55. Methods of Electronic Structure Theory
    Raffaele Resta | , Published in 1996, 88 pages
56. Bioinorganic Chemistry
    Bertini, Gray, Lippard, Valentine | University Science Books, Published in 1994, 628 pages
57. Introduction to Chemistry
    Tracy Poulsen | Open Education Group, Published in 2010, 250 pages
58. Introduction to Clinical Biochemistry: Interpreting Blood Results
    Graham Basten | BookBoon, Published in 2011, 54 pages
59. Pressure Driven Membrane Processes
    Soren Prip Beier | BookBoon, Published in 2007, 22 pages
60. The Basics of NMR
    Joseph P. Hornak | Rochester Institute of Technology, Published in 1999
61. Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
    | LibreTexts, Published in 2016, 321 pages
62. Fundamentals of Chemical Reaction Engineering
    Mark E. E. Davis, Robert J. J. Davis | McGraw-Hill, Published in 2003, 384 pages
63. General Chemistry
    | Wikibooks, Published in 2010
64. Physical Chemistry in Brief
    J.P. Novak, S. Labik, I. Malijevska | Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Published in 2005, 466 pages
65. Geometry and Topology in Electronic Structure Theory
    Raffaele Resta | University of Trieste, Published in 2012, 83 pages
66. Current Trends in X-Ray Crystallography
    Annamalai Chandrasekaran | InTech, Published in 2011, 436 pages
67. X-ray Scattering
    Alicia Esther Ares (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2017, 226 pages
68. Concept Development Studies in Chemistry
    John S. Hutchinson | LibreTexts, Published in 2010, 206 pages
69. Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security
    | National Academies Press, Published in 2016, 117 pages
70. Thermodynamics and Chemistry
    Howard DeVoe | , Published in 2011, 531 pages
71. Enzyme Technology
    Martin F. Chaplin, Christopher Bucke | Cambridge University Press, Published in 1990, 280 pages
72. The Chemistry of Microbiomes
    | National Academies Press, Published in 2017, 132 pages
73. Bioethanol: Science and technology of fuel alcohol
    Graeme M. Walker | BookBoon, Published in 2010, 114 pages
74. Recent Advances in Crystallography
    Jason B. Benedict | InTech, Published in 2012, 312 pages
75. Advanced Organic Chemistry
    George Willard Wheland | Wiley, Published in 1960, 799 pages
76. Lecture Series in Electronic Structure Theory
    David Sherrill, et al. | Georgia Tech, Published in 2002
77. Effective Chemistry Communication in Informal Environments
    | National Academies Press, Published in 2016, 169 pages
78. The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
    David W. Ball, John W. Hill, Rhonda J. Scott | Flat World Knowledge, Published in 2011, 692 pages
79. Separation Processes
    C. Judson King | Center for Studies in Higher Education, Published in 1980, 888 pages
80. Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
    Michalis Konsolakis (ed.) | MDPI AG, Published in 2016, 302 pages
81. Nanoparticles for Catalysis
    Hermenegildo Garcia, Sergio Navalon | MDPI AG, Published in 2017, 166 pages
82. Advanced Maths for Chemists
    J. E. Parker | Bookboon, Published in 2013, 144 pages
83. Hydrogenation
    Iyad Karame | InTech, Published in 2012, 326 pages
84. Principles of Biochemistry
    | Wikibooks, Published in 2011
85. Micro- and Nano-Transport of Biomolecules
    David Bakewell | BookBoon, Published in 2009, 96 pages
86. The Photosynthesis of Carbon Compounds
    Melvin Calvin, James Alan Bassham | W.A. Benjamin, Published in 1962, 156 pages
87. Practical Chemistry
    Lyman Churchill Newell | D. C. Heath & Co., Published in 1922, 564 pages
88. Enzyme Inhibitors and Activators
    Murat Senturk (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2017, 266 pages
89. Practical Organic Chemistry
    Julius Berend Cohen | Macmillan, Published in 1920, 384 pages
90. Quantum Chemistry
    S. M. Blinder, Elvera Baron | University of Michigan, Published in 2002
91. Frontiers in Chemistry
    B Viswanathan | National Centre for Catalysis Research, Published in 2007, 231 pages
92. A Guide to Elementary Chemistry for Beginners
    Le Roy C. Cooley | Ivison, Blakeman, and Company, Published in 1886, 322 pages
93. Intermediate Maths for Chemists
    J. E. Parker | Bookboon, Published in 2013, 106 pages
94. General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications
    Bruce Averill, Patricia Eldredge | Saylor Foundation, Published in 2011, 2365 pages
95. Introduction to Electronic Structure Methods
    Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli | EPFL, Published in 2011, 118 pages
96. Volumetric Chemical Analysis
    P.M. Shiundu | African Virtual University, Published in 2018, 149 pages
97. Hydrodynamic Modelling and Granular Dynamics
    Peter Dybdahl Hede | BookBoon, Published in 2006, 42 pages
98. Chemical Crystallography: An Introduction To Optical And X-Ray Methods
    C. W. Bunn | Oxford At The Clarendon Press, Published in 1946, 471 pages
99. Elementary Applied Chemistry
    Lewis Benajah Allyn | Ginn and Company, Published in 1912, 152 pages
100. Chemical Dynamics
     J.B. Dence, H.B. Gray, G.S. Hammond | W. A. Benjamin, Inc., Published in 1968, 193 pages
101. Molecular Electronic Structures: an introduction
     Carl J. Ballhausen, Harry B. Gray | Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Co., Published in 1980, 139 pages
102. Molecular Conformations
     Christopher Wood | BookBoon, Published in 2010, 36 pages
103. Applied Electrochemistry
     Maurice de Kay Thompson | The MacMillan Company, Published in 1911, 366 pages
104. Modern Methods and Algorithms of Quantum Chemistry
     Johannes Grotendorst | NIC, Published in 2000, 648 pages
105. Manual of the Chemical Analysis of Rocks
     Henry Stephens Washington | Wiley, Published in 1904, 226 pages
106. Micro/Nano Devices for Chemical Analysis
     Manabu Tokeshi, Kiichi Sato (eds.) | MDPI AG, Published in 2017, 230 pages
107. Visualizing Chemistry: The Progress and Promise of Advanced Chemical Imaging
     | National Academies Press, Published in 2006, 223 pages
108. Flow and Heat or Mass Transfer in the Chemical Process Industry
     Dimitrios V. Papavassiliou, Quoc T. Nguyen | MDPI AG, Published in 2018, 216 pages
109. The Complex World of Polysaccharides
     Desiree Nedra Karunaratne (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2012, 634 pages
110. Advanced Aspects of Spectroscopy
     Muhammad Akhyar Farrukh (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2012, 301 pages
111. Chemical Thermodynamics
     Leo Lue | BookBoon, Published in 2009, 90 pages
112. Introductory Physical Chemistry
     David Ronis | McGill University, Published in 2002, 131 pages
113. Organic Chemistry
     Amgad M. Rabie, at al. | Wikibooks, Published in 2010
114. Organic Chemistry: methane to macromolecules
     J.D. Roberts, R. Stewart, M.C. Caserio | W. A. Benjamin, Inc., Published in 1971, 864 pages
115. Introduction to General Chemistry
     H.N. McCoy, E.M. Terry | McGraw-Hill, Published in 1920, 672 pages
116. Descriptive Chemistry
     Lyman Churchill Newell | D.C. Heath & Co, Published in 1903, 590 pages
117. Atoms, Molecules and Matter: The Stuff of Chemistry
     Roy McWeeny | Learning Development Institute, Published in 2011, 92 pages
118. Analysis of Hydrogen Bonds in Crystals
     Slawomir J. Grabowski (ed.) | MDPI AG, Published in 2016, 324 pages
119. Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis
     Tim Soderberg | University of Minnesota, Published in 2017, 357 pages
120. Introductory Chemistry Online
     Paul R. Young | Wikibooks, Published in 2011, 444 pages
121. Equilibrium in Analytical Chemistry Using Maple
     R.V. Whiteley | Bookboon, Published in 2013, 448 pages
122. Organic Chemistry
     W.H. Perkin, F.S. Kipping | Chambers, Published in 1904, 664 pages
123. Crystal Structure and Chemistry of Topological Insulators
     R.J. Cava, Huiwen Ji, M.K. Fuccillo, Q.D. Gibson, Y.S. Hor | arXiv, Published in 2013, 47 pages
124. Analytical Chemistry
     F. P. Treadwell | John Wiley & Sons, Published in 1916
125. An Introduction To Electrochemistry
     Samuel Glasstone | Affiliated East West Press, Published in 1942, 577 pages
126. Essentials of Chemistry
     Soren Prip Beier, Peter Dybdahl Hede | BookBoon, Published in 2010, 174 pages
127. The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution: Three Essays
     Niels Bohr | Cambridge University Press, Published in 1922, 152 pages
128. Analytical Chemistry 2.1
     David Harvey | DePauw University, Published in 2016, 1122 pages
129. Photosynthesis
     Zvy Dubinsky | InTech, Published in 2013, 371 pages
130. Hydrocarbons
     J. C. Jones | BookBoon, Published in 2010, 111 pages
131. Innovative Inorganic Synthesis
     Duncan H. Gregory | MDPI AG, Published in 2015, 202 pages
132. Chemistry Explained: Foundations and Applications
     | Advameg, Inc., Published in 2009
133. Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer
     Leo Lue | Bookboon, Published in 2014, 106 pages
134. Glossary of Combustion
     Maximilian Lackner | Bookboon, Published in 2014, 288 pages
135. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry: Key ideas and their experimental basis
     Peter G. Nelson | BookBoon, Published in 2011, 177 pages
136. Elements and Atoms: Case Studies in the Development of Chemistry
     Carmen Giunta | Le Moyne College, Published in 2014, 364 pages
137. The Renaissance of Science: The Story of the Atom and Chemistry
     Albert Martini | Project Gutenberg, Published in 2014, 812 pages
138. CK-12 Chemistry
     S. Bewick, J. Edge, T. Forsythe, R. Parsons | CK-12 Foundation, Published in 2009, 966 pages
139. Kinetics for Bioscientist
     Peter Klappa | BookBoon, Published in 2009, 221 pages
140. Introductory Chemistry
     Edward W. Pitzer | Bookboon, Published in 2014, 266 pages
141. Chemical Principles
     R.E. Dickerson, H.B. Gray, G.P. Haight | Benjamin/Cummings, Published in 1979, 1037 pages
142. Practical Organic and Biochemistry
     R. Plimmer | Longmans, Published in 1918, 664 pages
143. Fundamentals of Air Pollution Engineering
     Richard C. Flagan, John H. Seinfeld | Prentice Hall, Published in 1988, 554 pages
144. Membrane Filtration Processes
     Michel Jaffrin | Bookboon, Published in 2015, 72 pages
145. Biomedical Chemistry: Current Trends and Developments
     Nuno Vale | De Gruyter Open Ltd, Published in 2016, 350 pages
146. Nucleoside Modifications
     Mahesh K. Lakshman, Fumi Nagatsug | MDPI AG, Published in 2017, 224 pages
147. Chromatography: The Most Versatile Method of Chemical Analysis
     Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2012, 428 pages
148. Biochemistry Online
     Henry Jakubowski | , Published in 2009
149. General Chemistry
     Hamilton Perkins Cady | Forgotten Books, Published in 1916, 554 pages
150. Physical Chemistry
     Walter John Moore | , , 633 pages
151. Biotechnology of Biopolymers
     Magdy Elnashar | InTech, Published in 2011, 364 pages
152. Practical Chemistry for Engineering Students
     Arthur James Hale | Longmans, Green, and Co., Published in 1912, 220 pages
153. Basic Physical Chemistry
     Wolfgang Schärtl | Bookboon, Published in 2014, 166 pages
154. Analytical Chemistry
     Ira S. Krull (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2012, 146 pages
155. Medical Biochemistry and Biotechnology
     Amanullah Mohammed | New Central Book Agency, Published in 2011, 408 pages
156. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry
     Linus Pauling, E. Bright Wilson | McGraw-Hill Education, Published in 1935, 568 pages
157. Column Chromatography
     Dean F. Martin, Barbara B. Martin (eds) | InTech, Published in 2013, 209 pages
158. Lectures on Random Polymers
     F. Caravenna, F. den Hollander, N. Petrelis | arXiv, Published in 2011, 74 pages
159. A Concise History of Chemistry
     Thomas Percy Hilditch | D. Van Nostrand, Published in 1911, 292 pages
160. Nature of the Chemical Bond
     William A. Goddard III | California Institute of Technology, Published in 1986, 300 pages
161. Essentials of Glycobiology
     Ajit Varki, et al. | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Published in 2008, 784 pages
162. Polymer Science and Engineering
     | National Academies, Published in 1994, 192 pages
163. Field Effect Electroosmosis
     Kiumars Ghowsi (ed.) | InTech, Published in 2015, 108 pages
164. Quantum Mechanics of the Chemical Bond
     Peter E. Blöchl | TU Clausthal, Published in 2014, 242 pages
165. Advancing Desalination
     Robert Y. Ning | InTech, Published in 2012, 216 pages
166. Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering Processes
     Jozef Markoš | InTech, Published in 2011, 306 pages
167. Introduction to Chemical Engineering Processes
     | Wikibooks, Published in 2012, 136 pages
168. Fundamentals of Reaction Engineering - Examples
     Rafael Kandiyoti | BookBoon, Published in 2009, 41 pages
169. Introductory Maths for Chemists
     J. E. Parker | Bookboon, Published in 2013, 136 pages
170. Advanced Granulation Theory at Particle Level
     Peter Dybdahl Hede | BookBoon, Published in 2006, 62 pages
171. Coal Pyrolysis
     George R. Gavalas | Elsevier, Published in 1982, 177 pages
172. Chem1 Virtual Textbook
     Stephen Lower | , Published in 2008
173. Fundamentals of Reaction Engineering
     Rafael Kandiyoti | BookBoon, Published in 2009, 112 pages
174. Introductory Chemistry
     David W. Ball | Flat World Knowledge, Published in 2011, 855 pages
175. Process Control Fundamentals
     | PAControl.com, Published in 2006, 73 pages
176. Photosynthesis
     E. Rabinowitch, Govindjee | Wiley, Published in 1970
177. Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry
     William Reusch | Michigan State University, Published in 1999
178. Alcoholic Fermentation
     Arthur Harden | Longmans, Green & Co., Published in 1914, 176 pages
179. Electronic Structure Theory
     Patrick Rinke | Fritz Haber Institute, Published in 2014, 63 pages