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