What to Read After General chemistry
Readers who loved General chemistry by Linus Pauling keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where General chemistry is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after General chemistry
Thermodynamics
The elements
Atom
The joy of chemistry
Periodic Tales
Mathematics of classical and quantum physics
Faraday's chemical history of a candle
Organic Chemistry 1 for dummies
Physical Chemistry
Chemical principles
Quantum Theory
Chemistry
The Feynman Lectures on Physics including Feynman's Tips on Physics
For the Love of Physics
The man who loved only numbers
The Road to Reality
The double helix
The Disappearing Spoon
What Do You Care What Other People Think?
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman"
The ELegant Universe
The Demon-Haunted World
On the origin of species by means of natural selection
As I Lay Dying