January was one of my most productive months since I started this best books to read while traveling list. I read 5 books, 4 of which I loved, and would recommend that you read. Before diving into the list, let’s highlight which cards to use when you are buying books.

Best Credit Cards to Use to Buy Books on Amazon:

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There are 3 credit cards to put at the top of your list when purchasing books on Amazon. The Chase Freedom Unlimited, the Citi Double Cash, and the American Express Blue Business Plus. These cards earn 1.5 – 2X points per transaction.

The Chase Freedom Unlimited earn 3% cashback per transaction in your first cardmember year, and 1.5% cashback per transaction in every year thereafter. Pair this card with the Chase Sapphire Reserve, Chase Sapphire Preferred, or Chase Ink Business Preferred and you can convert your cash back into Chase points.

If you want to earn Citi ThankYou points, the Citi Double Cash earns 2% cashback per transaction — 1% when you make a purchase and 1% when you pay your bill. Pair the Citi Double Cash with the Citi Premier or Citi Prestige and you can convert cash back into Citi points.

The best business credit card to buy books with is the American Express Blue Business Plus. Cardmembers will earn 2X points per transaction with this card. One of the main differences with this card compared to the Freedom Unlimited and Double Cash is that the Blue Business Plus earns Amex points and not cashback.

5 Best Books on Amazon to Read While Traveling

Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry

Losing the Signal is the story of the rise and fall of Blackberry. In the late 2000s, Blackberry was the king of the smartphone world. The company could do no wrong. Enter Apple and Google into the smartphone market. At the same time that these tech behemoths started making smartphones, internal feuds helped to destroy this once great company.

The story-telling in this book is fascinating. It reminded me of the Smartest Guys in the Room (the story of the fall of Enron). I have vivid memories of this time in smartphone history and remember how popular Blackberry was. Losing the Signal is a book that will not disappoint.

Recommend: Yes

Your Move: The Underdog’s Guide to Building Your Business

Ramith Sethi is not only an author but also the creator of video courses to help you improve your business and/or personal life. In Your Move, Sethi shows how to create a profitable business idea. The book also outlines how to find customers, create growth, and business automation.

While this is an interesting book to read, you should buy his Zero to Launch course instead. Yes, the course is expensive compared to this book, but I do not think Your Move is as powerful as his course. If you are serious about creating a business, the book is a supplement to the course.

Recommend: No

Date-onomics: How Dating Became a Lopsided Numbers Game

If you are a Malcolm Gladwell fan, you will love Date-onomics. This book uses demographics, game theory, and statistics to show heterosexual females that there is in fact a man deficit. College-education men are in short supply. And not just in major US markets. This ratio explains why the deck is stacked against college-education women.

Reading about the social issues, the college hookup culture, the dating scene in NYC, and recommendations for where college-educated women can have better success in the dating market was interesting. Even if you are not in the dating market, Date-onomics will open your eyes in the way a Gladwell book does.

Recommend: Yes

Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Civil War

I love Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Series books. Legends & Lies The Civil War was no different. O’Reilly takes you back to the beginning of the Confederacy, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, and Lincoln’s Assasination. He also pulls back the curtain on prominent Civil War figures like Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and Jefferson Davis.

The major US wars are endlessly fascinating to me. I find it interesting to see what our country went through in its early history. To see what leaders like Abraham Lincoln had to go through. To read about the conditions our soldiers experienced on the ground.

Recommend: yes

Hitler’s Last Days: The Death of the Nazi Regime and the World’s Most Notorious Dictator

Another Bill O’Reilly booked that I found interesting is Hitler’s Last Days. O’Reilly takes you back to early 1945. The Allied forces are closing in on Hitler, who has fled with his wife Eva Braun and dog Blondi to a secret bunker. George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower are dominating Europe. Hitler, Braun, and Blondi meet their end when it’s confirmed the Allied forces are closing in.

Hitler’s Last Days is similar to the Killing Series books. O’Reilly adds detailed pictures to this book making the story jump off the page. The sad reality of concentration camp pictures and Hilter’s destruction across an entire continent is something everyone should see.

Recommend: Yes

Book Ideas for the Best Books on Amazon to Read While Traveling

In addition to the books we covered above, I keep a list of books that pique my interest. Every month, I update this list with books that I think I will read in the future. With that said, here are the books on my current list.

Finance/Investment Books to Read while Traveling

• The Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing by Taylor Larimore, Mel Lindauer, Michael LeBoeuf
• A Random Walk down Wall Street by Burton Malkiel
• The Smartest Investment Book You’ll Ever Read by Daniel Solin
• Stocks for the Long Run by Jeremy Siegel
• Happy Money by Elizabeth Dunn
• Unconventional Success by David Swensen
• The Automatic Millionaire by David Bach
• Set for Life by Scott Trench
• The Simple Path to Wealth by J L Collins
• The Coffeehouse Investor by Bill Schultheis
• Financial Freedom by Grant Sabatier
• The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller, Dave Jenks, Jay Papasan

Psychology Books to Read while Traveling

• Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss
• Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

History Books to Read while Traveling

• All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein
• Legends and Lies: The Real West by Bill O’Reilly
• Legends and Lies: The Patriots by Bill O’Reilly
• The World That Made New Orleans by Ned Sublette
• Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
• The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
• The Billion Dollar Spy by David Hoffman
• The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll
• A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre
• George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
• Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick
• The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
• 1776 by David McCullough

Miscellaneous Books on Amazon to Read while Traveling

• Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
• Models: Attract Women Through Honesty by Mark Manson
• On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
• Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster by Dana Thomas
• No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy Seal by Mark Owen
• The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy Seal Sniper Corps and How I Trained America’s Deadliest Marksmen by Brandon Webb, John David Mann
• Joker One: A Marine Platoon’s Story of Courage, Leadership, and Brotherhood by Donovan Campbell
• One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel C. Fick
• The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal by Ben Mezrich
• The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future by Gretchen Bakke
• Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet by Varun Sivaram
• Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy by Russell Gold
• Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Entrepreneurship Books to Read while Traveling

• Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca
• Getting Everything You Can Out of All You’ve Got by Jay Abraham
• Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business by Danny Meyer
• Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney by Lee Cockerell
• Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works by A.G. Lafley, Roger Martin
• Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything by Hermann Simon

Conclusion on the Best Books on Amazon to Read While Traveling:

Reading is a skill that I’ve continued to work on by focusing on books that pique my interest at the time. Hopefully, my best books to read while traveling list includes books that you’ll find interesting and enjoy too.

What about you? Which books did you read while traveling this year? Do you have any book recommendations on Amazon? Please let me know in the comments or by sending me an email on my contact page.

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