The weak hydrogen bond in structural chemistry and biology. By Gautam R. Desiraju and Thomas Steiner. IUCr Monographs on Crystallography , Vol. 9. Oxford: Oxford University Press/International Union of Crystallography, 1999, pp. xiv + 507. Price £85.00. ISBN 0‐19‐850252‐4.

1. Introduction 2. Archetypes of the weak hydrogen bond 3. Other weak and non-conventional hydrogen bonds 4. The weak hydrogen bond in supramolecular chemistry 5. The weak hydrogen bond in biological structures 6. Conclusions Appendix