The best books about chemistry that aren’t chemistry books

Book cover of The Alchemy of Air: A Jewish Genius, a Doomed Tycoon, and the Scientific Discovery That Fed the World but Fueled the Rise of Hitler Book cover of The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A Biography of the Devil's Element Book cover of Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World Book cover of Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood Book cover of The Periodic Table

The best books to rock your world and make you fall in love with stones

Book cover of The Hidden Landscape: A Journey into the Geological Past Book cover of The Volcano Lover: A Romance Book cover of The Book of Unconformities: Speculations on Lost Time Book cover of The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey Into Earth's Deep History Book cover of The Periodic Table

The best books with science stories you won’t believe are true

Book cover of Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons Book cover of The Periodic Table Book cover of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War Book cover of The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements Book cover of “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”

Want books like The Periodic Table?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Periodic Table.

Book cover of “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!” Book cover of The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey Into Earth's Deep History Book cover of Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons Book cover of The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements Book cover of Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War Book cover of The Volcano Lover: A Romance

Browse books like The Periodic Table

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, presidential biography, and the Holocaust?

Auschwitz Concentration Camp 56 books
Presidential Biography 20 books
The Holocaust 437 books