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The book is a classic textbook in the subject and has seen use as a comparative benchmark in the reviews of other books in condensed matter physics.<ref name=chambersAlt>{{Cite journal|last=Chambers|first=R. G.|author-link=Robert G. Chambers|date=12 June 1969|title=Alternative to Kittel|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|language=en|volume=224|issue=5223|pages=983|doi=10.1038/224983b0|bibcode=1969Natur.224..983C|s2cid=41544342|issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name=Ehrenreich>{{Cite journal|last=Ehrenreich|first=Henry|author-link=Henry Ehrenreich|date=19 August 1977|title=Solid State: A New Exposition|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.197.4305.753.a|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|language=en|volume=197|issue=4305|pages=753|doi=10.1126/science.197.4305.753|issn=0036-8075|pmid=17790767}}</ref> In a 1969 review of another book, [[Robert G. Chambers]] noted that there were not many textbooks covering these topics, as "since 1953, Kittel's classic ''Introduction to Solid State Physics'' has dominated the field so effectively that few competitors have appeared", noting that the third edition continues that legacy. Before continuing, the reviewer noted that the book was too long for some uses and that less thorough works would be welcome.<ref name=chambersAlt />

* Several notable reviews of the first edition were published in 1954, including [[Arthur James Cochran Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilson|first=A. J. C.|author-link=Arthur James Cochran Wilson|date=1 February 1954|title=Introduction to Solid-State Physics by C. Kittel|url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X54002666|journal=[[Acta Crystallographica]]|volume=7|issue=2|pages=224|doi=10.1107/S0365110X54002666|issn=0365-110X|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Leslie Fleetwood Bates]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bates|first=L. F.|author-link=Leslie Fleetwood Bates|date=1 January 1954|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel|url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X54000448|journal=[[Acta Crystallographica]]|volume=7|issue=1|pages=144|doi=10.1107/S0365110X54000448|issn=0365-110X|doi-access=free}}</ref> and [[Kenneth Standley]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Standley|first=K. J.|author-link=Kenneth Standley|date=April 1954|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0022509654900277|journal=[[Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids]]|language=en|volume=2|issue=3|pages=213|doi=10.1016/0022-5096(54)90027-7}}</ref> among others.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Muldawer|first=Leonard|date=October 1953|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0016003253906243|journal=[[Journal of the Franklin Institute]]|language=en|volume=256|issue=4|pages=387–388|doi=10.1016/0016-0032(53)90624-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dexter|first=David L.|date=November 1953|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.1933590|journal=[[American Journal of Physics]]|language=en|volume=21|issue=8|pages=650|doi=10.1119/1.1933590|bibcode=1953AmJPh..21..650K|issn=0002-9505}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Masi|first=J. F.|date=1 August 1954|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3061720|journal=[[Physics Today]]|language=en|volume=7|issue=8|pages=18–19|doi=10.1063/1.3061720|bibcode=1954PhT.....7h..18K|s2cid=121571376 |issn=0031-9228}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|author=anonymous|date=14 August 1954|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics by Prof. Charles Kittel. Pp. xiii + 396. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1953.) 56s. net.|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/174287a0|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|language=en|volume=174|issue=4424|pages=287|doi=10.1038/174287a0|s2cid=5520806|issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free}}</ref>

* [[Gwyn Owain Jones]] reviewed the book in 1955.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=G. O.|author-link=Gwyn Owain Jones|date=January 1955|title=Review of Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43423448|journal=Science Progress (1933- )|volume=43|issue=169|pages=129|jstor=43423448|issn=0036-8504}}</ref>

* The second edition of the book was reviewed by [[Robert W. Hellwarth]] in 1957<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hellwarth|first=R. W.|author-link=Robert W. Hellwarth|date=June 1957|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3060399|journal=[[Physics Today]]|language=en|volume=10|issue=6|pages=43–44|doi=10.1063/1.3060399|bibcode=1957PhT....10f..43K|issn=0031-9228}}</ref> and [[Leslie Fleetwood Bates]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bates|first=L. F.|author-link=Leslie Fleetwood Bates|date=July 1957|title=Review of Introduction to Solid State Physics Second edition|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43424566|journal=Science Progress (1933- )|volume=45|issue=179|pages=557–558|jstor=43424566|issn=0036-8504}}</ref> among others.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=anonymous|date=December 1956|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0016003256907037|journal=[[Journal of the Franklin Institute]]|language=en|volume=262|issue=6|pages=517|doi=10.1016/0016-0032(56)90703-7|arxiv=2101.01780}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Woolley|first=J.C.|date=January 1957|title=Introduction to solid state physics|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/0022509657900510|journal=[[Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids]]|language=en|volume=6|issue=1|pages=83|doi=10.1016/0022-5096(57)90051-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=H.|date=1957-05-01|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics by C. Kittel|url=http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0365110X57001280|journal=[[Acta Crystallographica]]|volume=10|issue=5|pages=390|doi=10.1107/S0365110X57001280|issn=0365-110X|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Fan|first=H. Y.|date=May 1957|title=Introduction to Solid State Physics|url=http://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/1.1934457|journal=[[American Journal of Physics]]|language=en|volume=25|issue=5|pages=330|doi=10.1119/1.1934457|bibcode=1957AmJPh..25..330K|issn=0002-9505}}</ref>