December is a great time of year to curl up with a good book, whether it's a classic you've enjoyed many times or a new page-turner you're exploring. A Kindle might not be the old-fashioned way to do that reading, but it's a brilliant option to keep your shelves a little more clear as you collect books.

This year, Amazon refreshed its Kindle lineup in a big way, with new versions of some of its most popular Kindle devices. I've tested and reviewed every single one of those new additions, and that's left me uniquely placed to be able to talk about the strengths and weaknesses of each. So, if you sat me down and demanded to know which of the 2024 Kindles you should buy, what would my answer be? Well, things aren't often simple, but read on and you'll see that on this occasion I feel pretty confident in my answer.

Figuring out the best Kindle that launched in 2024 isn't rocket science if you check out the scores I gave to each model. All of the base Kindle, Kindle Scribe and Kindle Colorsoft offered great experiences, and they all ended up with four-star verdicts.

The 2024 Kindle Paperwhite, though, impressed me that little bit more, earning it a coveted Platinum Award and a five-star score. In some ways, the simplest way of talking about which Kindle is best is to just point to those scores, and confirm that the Paperwhite is the best for most people, in my view.