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