# Most Recommended Books for Digital Nomads

Remote work is becoming the talk of the day. More than 5 million people have already transformed to the digital nomadic lifestyle. If you are someone who has been thinking about converting your 9-5 job into location independent work, there’s no better time than now. Today, the technology and transport has been so accessible globally that anything is possible. There are no limits to the opportunities for someone who wants to live a full life.

While the internet is filled with content for digital nomads everyday, it might be really hard to find a book that caters to all those living a digital nomadic lifestyle. While you can find a lot of books either on travelling or starting businesses online, you might not be find be able to find a book that combines both.

Hoverspacians have created a list of motivating and inspiring books that’s highly recommended for digital nomads out there. What we are trying to aim through this list is to provide you with a great list of reads that would motivate you to become a digital nomad while earning.

So if you are starting out on a journey as a backpacker while working, here is our top list:

1. The 4-Hour Work Week

Let’s start with the best. This is the most popular book among digital nomads. The 4-Hour Work Week was New York Times bestseller for 7 years. This is the perfect read for anyone looking to break free from the daily grind of a typical job. This digital nomad book provides examples of real life stories and templates. It also provides guidance on work declutter. This great book written by Timothy Ferris is the bible to all who wants to ditch the 9-5 schedule and escape into living life differently. It talks about how to make money online, build sustainable businesses, become productive and much more. It’s hard to find another digital nomad who hasn’t heard about this book or read it. Trust us. This book is a gem and we highly recommend it to all our readers.

Recommended for: Beginner Digital Nomads or Wannabees.

2. Vagabonding

Vagabonding is a peculiar book. It teaches every aspiring digital nomads the insights of cultural diversity, how you can adapt to different cultures, overcome difficult times while travelling, and how to travel on reasonable budget while making sure not to miss out all the fun. Rolf Potts wrote this book in 2012. The book concentrates more on the travel part. It also focuses on financing your journeys, adapting to cultural shocks and even the tough sides with a pinch of humour. What this book will show you is how you can be a perpetual traveller on a minimal budget. If simplicity and adventure are two sides of the coin you want to toss while being a digital nomad, this book is for you.

Recommended for: Budget travellers, Tough time travellers.

3. Be a Free Range Human

Marianne Cantwell tells us in this book how to work on our own terms by forsaking the conventional nine-to-five paradigm. You can gain knowledge from it on how to live a more rewarding life based on your true happiness. The book has a lot of helpful chapters that would be beneficial to anyone looking for knowledge about how to launch a successful internet business, even if it is not primarily targeted at digital nomads. Additionally, it is jam-packed with motivational stories that will guide any reader who wishes to adopt a minimalist lifestyle. The book is a great read for people struggling with their 9-5 work life balance. It’s a practical guide that helps you focus truly on only what’s important and what makes you happy. You can work on your own terms, this book will make you believe that.

Recommended for: Clueless Travel Enthusiasts stuck in their 9-5 race.

4. The $100 Startup

Any talent can be monetized. That’s what the book suggests. Chris Guillebeau's "The $100 Startup" suggests that any passion can be turned into something profitable. So if you are able to figure that out, you might as well figure it out for another something you are skilled at like photography, design, blogging etc. This book is a compilation of the life lessons learned through numerous conversations with successful entrepreneurs. This book focuses on how to earn money out of anything in a purely business sense. There are alot of clients out there, you just need to tap into your niche market and figure out how to sell. It is one of the greatest books for digital nomads because of this.

Recommended for: Budding Entrepreneurs who wants to go online.

5. Digital Nomads: How to Live, Work and Play Around the World

Now, let’s get to a book that was exclusively written for Digital Nomads. This is a practical guide for all those who aspire to travel and work. This book gives a 360 degree view of digital nomadic lifestyle and what to expect out of it. You will find information like where to live and how to travel on a budget. All essential information with regard to travel insurance, tax advice can also be found in this book. The authors are Esther Jacobs and André Gussekloo.

Recommended for: All Digital Nomads

These five books will help you on your journey towards digital nomadism and location independent work. It’s crucial to understand what others who thread the journey has got to say. Their experiences and insights can be a wholesome advice before you choose to begin your nomadic experience. There are much more books that talks about entrepreneurship and travel as separate segments. These books can also be useful resource materials. We would love to share more of these in our future blog posts.

Our word of advice: You can’t be taught an experience. There is not a course or training program that can teach you on how to become a digital nomad. You have to step out of your comfort and make your own mistakes to get there. Digital nomadism is an experience that not only lets you indulge in new experiences, for a lot of people, digital nomadism is also a journey to look deep into one’s own self and discover our purpose while we are here.