A Level Chemistry recommended reading:

Why Chemical Reactions Happen - Keeler and Wothers
The Chemistry of Explosives - Akhavan, Jacqueline
The periodic kingdom - a journey into the land of the chemical elements - Atkins, Peter
Chemistry in the market place - Selinger, Ben
Bad Science - Goldacre, Ben
Bad Pharma - Goldacre, Ben
The chemistry of fragrances - Pybus, David and Sell, Charles
Prometheans in the lab - chemistry and the making of the modern world - McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch

Course Textbooks to purchase:

AQA Chemistry A Level Year 1 and AS (2nd edition)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Ted Lister, Janet Renshaw
ISBN: 978019835181-8

AQA Chemistry A Level Year 2 (2nd edition )
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: Ted Lister, Janet Renshaw
ISBN: 978019835771-1