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