Didier Astruc has served as editor of books and special issues :
Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2008, 640 pages.
- Mechanisms and Processes in Molecular Chemistry (special number of New J. Chem. Dedicated to the memory of Bianca Tchoubar), Gauthier-Villars, Paris, 1992 (330 p.).
- Méthodes et Techniques de la Chimie Organique, PUG, Grenoble, 1999 (400 p.);
- Handbook “Electron Transfer in Chemistry”, Vol 2 (1000 p.), co-editor with J. Matay (Chief Editor: V. Balzani), Wiley-VCH-, Weinheim, 2001.
- Modern Arene Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002 (600 p.).
- Dendrimers and Nanoscience, special number "Comptes Rendus Chimie", October-December 2003 with 46 chapters (style "Accounts"), Elsevier (500 p.)
- Nanoscience makes catalysis greener. ChemSusChem (Eds.) 2012, 5. ChemSusChem