The r/Chemistry Recommended Books

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Salt: A World History
by Mark Kurlansky
6,123 members
167 reviews
½ 3.7
3
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
by Theodore W. Gray
2,337 members
20 reviews
½ 4.4
4
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
by Deborah Blum
2,317 members
129 reviews
4.1
5
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
by Oliver Sacks
2,227 members
53 reviews
4
6
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
by Mark Miodownik
1,417 members
49 reviews
3.9
7
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
by Penny Le Couteur
1,200 members
24 reviews
3.8
8
Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc
by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
1,176 members
26 reviews
½ 3.6
9
Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything
by Theodore W. Gray
712 members
8 reviews
½ 4.5
10
Principles of Biochemistry
by David L. Nelson
691 members
3 reviews
3.8
11
Physical Chemistry
by P. W. Atkins
550 members
6 reviews
½ 3.6
12
Organic Chemistry
by John E. McMurry
468 members
3.2
13
Chemistry
by Steven S. Zumdahl
442 members
1 review
2.9
15
Biochemistry
by Jeremy M. Berg
340 members
1 review
3.2
16
The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison
by John Emsley
335 members
6 reviews
4
18
The 13th Element: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus
by John Emsley
259 members
8 reviews
½ 3.7
19
Quantitative Chemical Analysis
by Daniel C. Harris
247 members
3.8
20
Principles of Modern Chemistry
by David W. Oxtoby
230 members
½ 3.3
21
Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
by Nivaldo J. Tro
219 members
1 review
4
22
Organic Chemistry
by Jonathan Clayden
210 members
4
23
Chemistry
by John McMurry
184 members
½ 3.3
24
Principles of Instrumental Analysis
by Douglas A. Skoog
178 members
1 review
3.8
25
Fundamentals of analytical chemistry
by Douglas A. Skoog
175 members
3
27
The Billion Dollar Molecule: One Company's Quest for the Perfect Drug
by Barry Werth
157 members
3 reviews
4.1
28
Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach
by Donald A. McQuarrie
127 members
½ 4.5
29
Building Scientific Apparatus
by John H. Moore
123 members
1 review
½ 4.4
30
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: A Comprehensive Text
by F. Albert Cotton
121 members
1 review
3.8
32
Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part A: Structure and Mechanisms
by Francis A. Carey
112 members
1 review
½ 3.5
33
Inorganic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
by Gary L. Miessler
108 members
1 review
3.8
34
Advanced Organic Chemistry: Part B: Reaction and Synthesis
by Francis A. Carey
105 members
3
35
Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics
by David Chandler
105 members
2.8
37
Quantum Mechanics, Vol. 2
by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
99 members
½ 4.4
38
Molecules of Murder: Criminal Molecules and Classic Cases
by John Emsley
93 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
39
Inorganic Chemistry
by Catherine E. Housecroft
88 members
3
40
March's Advanced Organic Chemistry
by Michael B. Smith
82 members
2
41
Organic Chemistry
by David R. Klein
68 members
2 reviews
4
42
Molecular Driving Forces: Statistical Thermodynamics in Chemistry & Biology
by Ken A. Dill
66 members
1 review
½ 4.5
44
Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach
by Stuart Warren
59 members
½ 3.5
45
Essentials of Computational Chemistry: Theories and Models
by Christopher J. Cramer
50 members
1 review
5
46
Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications (2nd Edition)
by Andrew Leach
48 members
½ 4.3
47
The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms
by Robert B. Grossman
43 members
5
49
Molecules That Changed the World
by K. C. Nicolaou
39 members
½ 3.5
50
Modern Physical Organic Chemistry
by Eric V. Anslyn
36 members
½ 4.5
51
Principles of Polymerization
by George Odian
36 members
4
52
Introduction to Computational Chemistry
by Frank Jensen
36 members
4
53
The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals
by Robert H. Crabtree
34 members
54
Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Applications
by Edmond de Hoffmann
32 members
1 review
3
55
Purification of Laboratory Chemicals, Fifth Edition
by W. L. F. Armarego
32 members
57
Spin Dynamics: Basics of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
by Malcolm H. Levitt
27 members
4.8
58
Understanding NMR Spectroscopy
by James Keeler
23 members
½ 4.7
61
Mass Spectrometry: A Textbook
by Jürgen H. Gross
21 members
62
Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics (2nd Edition)
by Jeffrey I. Steinfeld
20 members
½ 4.5
63
Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis
by Theodora W. Greene
20 members
64
Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry
by John Leonard
19 members
5
65
Chemical Structure and Bonding
by Roger L. Dekock
18 members
½ 4.7
66
Every Molecule Tells a Story
by Simon Cotton
16 members
5
67
Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Molecular Simulation
by Mark E. Tuckerman
16 members
4
68
Molecular Electronic-Structure Theory
by Trygve Helgaker
13 members
5
69
Organometallics
by Christoph Elschenbroich
11 members
5
70
Chemoinformatics: A Textbook
by Johann Gasteiger
11 members
71
Polymer Chemistry, Second Edition
by Paul C. Hiemenz
10 members
72
An Introduction to Chemoinformatics
by Andrew R. Leach
10 members
73
Protein NMR techniques
by A. Kristina Downing
9 members
74
Organotransition metal chemistry : from bonding to catalysis
by John Hartwig
8 members
75
HPLC for Pharmaceutical Scientists
by Yuri V. Kazakevich
8 members
77
Modern HPLC for Practicing Scientists
by Michael W. Dong
8 members
79
Practical HPLC Method Development, 2nd Edition
by Lloyd R. Snyder
7 members
80
Fundamentals of Protein NMR Spectroscopy
by Gordon S. Rule
6 members
81
Handbook of HPLC (Chromatographic Science Series)
by Danilo Corradini
6 members
82
Advanced Practical Inorganic and Metalorganic Chemistry
by R. John Errington
5 members
83
Pitfalls and errors of HPLC in pictures
by Veronika R. Meyer
4 members
84
Instrumental Analysis: Revised Edition
by Robert M. Granger
3 members
5
85
Modern NMR techniques for synthetic chemistry
by J. Fisher
3 members
86
Organic Chemistry
by Paula Yurkanis Bruice
3 members
87
Practical chemoinformatics
by Muthukumarasamy Karthikeyan
2 members