The best Kindle 2020: Which is the best Kindle for you?

Reading real books is great. The smell, how they look on the shelf: we like books. We’re less keen on dragging around a 1kg hardback, and the pins and needles we get trying to read a weighty novel in bed - a problem the best Kindle solves.

An Amazon Kindle is the way forward. These ebook readers can hold thousands of books, and are much easier on your eyes than a phone screen.

UPDATE: Remember the Kindle Voyage? The 6-inch e-reader from Amazon was the first to have a 300 PPI display when it was first launched in 2014. Since then, it's been discontinued so the new range of Kindles can take its place. But according to news from Good Ereader, the Voyage will be available to buy soon for a limited time - with suggestions that Amazon is trying to get rid of some old stock. If you want to get your hands on one of these older Voyage models, keep your eyes peeled on the Amazon page this week - you could bag yourself a bargain.

But which Kindle should you buy? Here are the options, and a couple of alternatives for those not satisfied by Amazon’s standard line-up.

Upvote your favourite model below and if you fancy something to read on your Kindle, these are the best Kindle books for holiday reads.

• Once you've chosen a Kindle, these are the best dystopian novels and top YA books adults will love

Best Kindle ereader

£119.99 at Amazon

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£69.99 at Amazon

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£229.99 at Amazon

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£99.99 at AmazonOffering a 6-inch 167ppi E Ink display, the Kindle Kids Edition is designed to feel like you’re reading a real book (to a point, at least). The difference being that it has 8GB of storage so you can actually carry around thousands of books in your bagIt also comes with a battery that lasts weeks and a non-slip, silicone case (in either blue or pink) designed to protect the screen from scratches, as well as helping avoid dropping it. If you do drop it, don’t worry as Amazon offers a two-year guarantee so you can simply return it and it will be replaced.There are some sweet touches, too - the screensavers are kids’ drawings and there are reading badges available to encourage children to continue reading. When you buy one you also get a one-year subscription to Kids Unlimited; a service filled with children’s books and comics, all of which will be age appropriate for your child.

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£79.99 at AmazonAmazon stopped calling its Fire HD tablets Kindles years ago. But you may want to consider one of these affordable slates if you’ll read comics and graphic novels, or watch video, as often as read a book.A Fire HD 8 can also run all sorts of Android apps and games. Bookworms, take note, this tablet’s display is not ultra-sharp. And you may find its LCD screen makes your eyes tired after a while, for more quickly than a “real” Kindle would.

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£239.99 at tidd.lyOne more sneaky Kindle-that’s-not-a-Kindle and were done. The Kobo Forma is a lot like Amazon’s Kindle Oasis, but has an even larger 8-inch screen.And, like the Clara HD, it’ll play ball with ebooks from UK library digital platforms. It’s water resistant too, but this library support is the main reason to buy it over a legit Kindle. Unless you hate Amazon with a passion, that is.

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£49.99 at Amazon

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at CurrysKobos aren’t Kindles. But most people have forgotten these Kindle rivals exist. The Clara HD is Kobo's Paperwhite alternative. Amazon’s latest Paperwhite is actually more advanced, but the Kobo has one major benefit.It lets you read ebooks loaned from libraries in the UK. Kindles do not.

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