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