Profiles of African American women in chemistry, an incisive look into carbon's political economy, and an exploration of the "troubled territory" where biotechnology and disability meet top the list of best-selling chemistry books, as compiled by GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCO.

1. African American Women Chemists in the Modern Era
Brown, Jeannette E.
Oxford University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780190615178. $34.95.

2. Carbon
Ervine, Kate
Polity Press. 2018. ISBN 9781509501113. $59.95.

3. Fables and Futures: Biotechnology, Disability, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Estreich, George
MIT Press. 2019. ISBN 9780262039567. $27.95.

4. Natural History of Beer
Desalle, Rob
Yale University Press. 2019. ISBN 9780300233674. $28.

5. Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything
James, Tim
Overlook. 2019. ISBN 9781468317022. $26.

6. Perishability Fatigue: Forays into Environmental Loss and Decay
Bruyere, Vincent
Columbia University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780231188586. $75.

7. Rhubarb Connection and Other Revelations: The Everyday World of Metal Ions
Ohrstrom, Lars
Royal Society of Chemistry. 2019. ISBN 9781788010948. $28.

8. Phosphorus Chemistry: The Role of Phosphorus in Prebiotic Chemistry
Zhao, Yufen
De Gruyter. 2018. ISBN 9783110562378. $137.99.

9. Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany
Nummedal, Tara E.
University of Pennsylvania Press. 2019. ISBN 9780812250893. $49.95.

10. Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography: Mass Spectrometry of Polymeric Materials
Kusch, Peter
World Scientific. 2018. ISBN 9781786345752. $108.

11. Hydrogenation: Catalysts and Processes
Jackson, S. David
De Gruyter. 2018. ISBN 9783110543735. $103.99.

12. Modern Electrosynthetic Methods in Organic Chemistry
Marken, Frank
CRC Press. 2019. ISBN 9781482249163. $149.95.

13. Scientific World of Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer: The Entanglement of Science, Religion, and Politics in Nazi Germany
Housley, Kathleen L.
Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. ISBN 9783319958002. $99.99.

14. Biotech Juggernaut: Hope, Hype, and Hidden Agendas of Entrepreneurial Bioscience
Stevens, Tina
Routledge. 2019. ISBN 9781138043190. $135.

15. Twin Polymerization: New Strategy for Hybrid Materials Synthesis
Spange, Stefan
De Gruyter. 2019. ISBN 9783110500677. $137.99.

16. Efficiency in Natural Product Total Synthesis
Huang, Pei-Qiang
John Wiley. 2018. ISBN 9781118605400. $195.

17. Advances in Microwave Chemistry
Banik, Bimal Krishna
CRC Press. 2019. ISBN 9780815375197. $149.95.

18. Green Chemistry in Industry
Benvenuto, Mark Anthony
De Gruyter. 2018. ISBN 9783110561135. $149.99.

19. GM Food Systems and their Economic Impact
Brankov, Tatjana
Cabi Publishing. 2019. ISBN 9781789240542. $160.

20. Chemical and Biological Synthesis: Enabling Approaches for Understanding Biology
Westwood, Nick J.
Royal Society of Chemistry. 2018. ISBN 9781782629481. $237.