>>13394330>>13394326Oh yeah that's horrifying. Can't imagine if I had to do my chemistry labs online.
If you have the space a home lab can be alright but unironically remember safety first. It's even more important in a home lab because you don't have a bunch of first aid officers surrounding you in case you fuck up. Prudent Practices in the Laboratory is a great book for this, you don't need to read it cover to cover just skim through and identify the relevant parts (you should do this for most books).
Building Scientific Apparatus can be a good resource if you have to setup your own equipment.
Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry is a great reference book.
These are the books I went through my undergrad chemistry degree where I took every unit of chemistry available at the uni.
General: Principles of Modern Chemistry
Organic: Organic Chemistry as a Second Language/Organic Chemistry (two books same author, Klein)
Inorganic: Can't remember/find it
Physiology: Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology and/or Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems (this isn't strictly Chemistry but I cringe whenever I encounter a chemist without even a basic familiarity with physiology)
Physical: Physical Chemistry (you mentioned that you like Peter Atkins so this could be good for you)
Analytical: Quantitative Chemical Analysis (maybe not relevant at home)
Biochem: Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry
Medicinal: An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry
Honestly though textbooks are best as a supplement/reference, you wouldn't want them as your sole source of learning. If I were in your position I would grab some unit outlines/learning guides from reputable unis to see what content they cover (usually includes chapters and lab experiments) and grab the interesting sections from there.
If you like videos/lectures edx tends to be pretty decent,
edx.org/search?language=English&level=Introductory&subject=Chemistry&tab=course bonus you can LARP as being a Harvard/MIT student.
