Books

(These are BWT's personal views about these books.)

Easiest book for modelling in general:

J.M. Goodman  'Chemical Applications of Molecular Modelling'  RSC 1998.  540.285GOO

Useful guidebook about which methods to choose for what;  contains no theory, just results of tests and advice about what they mean:

W.J. Hehre 'Practical Strategies for Electronic Structure Calculations'  Wavefunction 1995.  530.411

Oxford Primer, a bit mathematical in places, but some parts may help understanding:

G.H. Grant and W.G. Richards  'Computational Chemistry'  Oxford 1995.  542.85GRA