Amazon Kindle (2024)

Simple design is comfortable to use, Great battery life, Solid display

It's on the small side, Slower than the fancier models

The 2024 base Kindle is a brilliant bit of kit – even if it doesn't change a huge amount over its predecessors. It's a great e-reader for a lower price, even if I'd recommend the Paperwhite more powerfully. But for those on a lower budget, the base...

Large, bright display ; Excellent Premium Pen stylus ; Great handwriting experience

Limited notebook features ; Annotating text is more difficult than it should be ; AI features aren't yet useful

The Amazon Kindle Scribe for 2024 is a fine ebook reader with more note-taking features than its predecessor, but its new annotation system isn't a big improvement and doesn't offset the price increase.

Still a very compact Kindle that checks off the basics ; Brighter screen with higher-contrast ; Matcha color is excellent

No major upgrades compared to the last generation

If you’re okay without a bigger display with adjustable warmth, or a longer runtime, the new Kindle remains a solid core e-reading experience from Amazon, and with better brightness and zippier page turns, it should cement that standing.

If you haven't purchased an e-reader before or are contemplating buying one for a loved one over the holidays, I'd without a doubt recommend this Kindle . It has all the features you'd need in a respectable e-reader, like a vivid display, reactive and...