Best e-readers

Top pick: Amazon Kindle Paperwhite — the safest all-rounder. A lit, high-contrast E Ink screen, a huge bookstore, and the widest ecosystem for library loans and phone syncing. It's the one to buy if you just want to read without thinking about formats.

Who the others suit:

• Kindle (2026) — the same Kindle experience in the smallest, cheapest body; best for a first e-reader or a bag reader.
• Kindle Scribe — a 10.2" screen and stylus support; pick it if you annotate PDFs and take notes as much as you read.
• Kobo Libra Colour / Clara Colour — colour covers, comics and highlights, plus strong public-library support; Libra for a bigger 7" screen with page buttons, Clara for a compact 6".
• Boox Go 6 — Android, so you can run other reading apps; for tinkerers and multi-store readers.
• Xteink X4 — tiny and pocketable; a second reader for commutes, not your main one.

Skip the no-name budget readers: weak screens and little support.