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