GoKawiilComparing Our Favorite E-Readers
Honorable Mentions
Below, you'll find a few more e-readers we like but don't necessarily love as much as our top picks.
Boox Go 7 ($250) and Boox Color Go 7 ($290): Boox is known for its wide range of e-paper tablets, including the Palma 2 recommended above. If you're looking for something a little larger with a similar Android-based experience, the Go 7 and Go Color 7 are a solid choice. There are page turner buttons, and it's a nice square shape that's easy to hold and use. The Go 7 is black-and-white, but you can get a color screen for $40 more with the Go Color 7. I don't use color features a ton, so it's worth saving money if you won't either, but it's great that the price difference isn't steep.
Boox Palma 2 for $316: This is a fun little pocket sized device, and it has a nice upgrade from the older model with fingerprint recognition, a faster CPU, and a newer version of Android. WIRED Review Adrienne So loves using it with the Kindle app, but she wishes it cost less. It's currently unavailable, and I'm waiting to see if it comes back in stock or is replaced with a new version this year.
The Kindle Colorsoft. Photograph: Nena Farrell
Kindle Colorsoft Signature for $280 and Kindle Colorsoft ($250): The Kindle Colorsoft Signature is Amazon's first Kindle with a color screen. It has a screen with an oxide backplane, which Amazon says delivers better contrast and image quality along with custom-formulated coatings and nitride LEDs for brightness and color accuracy. But the screen is capped at 150 ppi for color images, versus 300 ppi for black and white, and the experience of reading is still a little fuzzier when compared to the latest Paperwhite. It takes noticeably longer to process color images, too. It's missing features that are by now standard on other color e-readers, like page turn buttons and stylus support. It's not a bad Kindle, and color does enrich the whole e-reading experience, but we suggest waiting for a discount during an Amazon sale event. Kindle has since launched a cheaper option, the Kindle Colorsoft ($250) that has less storage (only 16 GB, verus 32 GB) and no auto-adjusting light or wireless charging.
Kindle Scribe (2nd Gen, 2024) for $400: The second-generation Kindle Scribe is a great option if you want an e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook, but also want to remain within the Kindle ecosystem. It has a 10.2-inch (300 ppi) paperlike display with features like adjustable warm light and an auto-adjusting front light. The included Premium Pen also has a soft-tipped eraser (mimicking that of a No.2 pencil). With Active Canvas and expandable margins, you can also mark up ebooks and write notes in the side panel. Amazon has announced three more Kindle Scribes are coming out this winter, including color options, so we'll be testing those once they're available.
Kindle Scribe (3rd Gen, 2025) for $500: The latest Kindle Scribe arrived in December 2025 with a color version, a new exterior design that does away with the single thicker side, and equal bezels and frames across all sizes. It has a new homepage design that makes it easy to access your latest books and notebooks, and a quick notes page you can also hop into. It also has a new set of AI features that can summarize things for you and even send your notes to an Alexa+-powered speaker so you can ask questions about them, but overall, these features aren't necessary and just drive up the price. The older Kindle Scribe (2nd Gen) is still my preferred option if you want a Kindle e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook.
Kindle Scribe (3rd Gen) on the left, and Kindle Scribe Colorsoft on the right. Photograph: Nena Farrell
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