HOUSTON • ESTABLISHED 1946
About Brown Technical Books
A specialist technical bookseller with deep Houston roots and a simple goal: help professionals get the right code, standard, or reference without unnecessary friction.
Technical books since 1946
Brown Technical Books traces its roots to Brown Book Shop, established in Houston in 1946. As Houston’s engineering, oil, petrochemical, and industrial economy expanded, Brown became known for technical books, standards, codes, and professional references used by the people designing, building, inspecting, operating, and maintaining industrial facilities.
A new chapter since 2021
Brown has been under new ownership since 2021. Today the business is family-run and intentionally personal: a focused catalog, straightforward quotes, straightforward invoicing, and help sourcing titles that may not need a permanent product page but still matter to the customer who needs them.
What we focus on today
- ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
- ASME piping / B31 standards
- API inspection and petroleum-industry standards
- NBIC / NB-23
- IADC drilling and well-control publications
- Engineering, welding, piping, electrical, and industrial references
Need a book that isn’t listed?
Send the title, code number, edition, ISBN, or purchasing list. Brown will work from there and verify the current publication before quoting.