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