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