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Get Up to 36% Off With the Best Prime Day Kindle Deals (2026): Paperwhite, Colorsoft, Kids
There's a pretty easy rule to buying a Kindle: Wait for a sale. Amazon's Prime Day Kindle deals, which happen every summer and fall, plus other sale events like Black Friday, always offer the best prices. While Amazon's summer Prime Days were in July in previous years, this year they arrived early, in June, and will run for almost a full week from June 23 until June 26.
Any day during that sale is a great one to claim your own new Kindle e-reader from Amazon. The on-sale Kindles usually don't sell out, but if there's a specific color or storage size you want, you might want to snap that up early in case that specific version does sell out for a little bit. The newest Kindle Scribes (including the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft!) also went on sale, which I'm thrilled to see since they have such a hefty price tag compared to older models. Here are the best Kindles that are on sale right now, plus some great on-sale Kindle accessories if you already have an Amazon e-reader of your own.
Also be sure to browse our roundup of the Absolute Best Prime Day Deals, or dip into our Amazon Prime Day live blog for real-time updates.
Updated 7 AM EST, June 25: We've added Kindle accessories from CoBak and Fintie, and updated prices.
If you want the best e-reader Amazon makes, it's the Kindle Paperwhite. It has a 7-inch screen that's illuminated by an adjustable warm front light, and a battery life that lasts up to 12 weeks. The screen is only black-and-white, but it's got great contrast and snappy performance, and the sale price makes it a great deal. Both a Signature and a regular version are on sale, and the Signature adds an auto-adjusting front light and wireless charging.
If you want to use Amazon Prime Day pricing to get a colorful Kindle for cheaper, then look no further than the Kindle Colorsoft's sale. This colorful e-reader has a fun, albeit muted, color screen that you won't find on other Kindle devices besides the Kids version of this device (more on that below) and the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft. I do wish it had more features for the price point, like page-turner buttons, but Amazon recently added a true Dark Mode to the device at least. But that's what makes buying a Colorsoft on sale the right move versus paying full price.
Both the regular and Signature versions are on sale for the Colorsoft, and the Signature version has the same benefits as the Paperwhite, with wireless charging and an auto-adjusting front light added. Both versions of the Colorsoft are ad-free, too.
Want a Kindle for under $100? This sale is the one to jump on. The 11th-generation Kindle is a little smaller than the Paperwhite and Colorsoft, with a 6-inch screen, and it doesn't have the warm front light. It's otherwise plenty powerful and snappy, especially for the price, and is the only Kindle to come in this fun matcha green color.
The Kindle Scribe, which is part e-reader and part digital notetaker, got its third update late last year. The third-generation Scribe has a new homepage design, bigger screen, and new connectivity and AI features compared to the older model. You're able to connect to Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive with the third-gen model, something that is really useful if you want to annotate and edit documents, but I do think the AI features are all a pass for me. It's a bummer how much higher the price tag is likely due to the AI components, but while it's on sale it's much more worth the additions.
Amazon launched its first color version of the Kindle Scribe last year in tandem with the third-generation Scribe. The Kindle Scribe Colorsoft has all of the features the newest Scribe has, but adds a color screen—and a hefty price tag with said color screen. This Prime Day price makes it much more manageable of a purchase. The colors are muted but still eye catching and fun to use, especially if you like color-coding your reading highlights or your notes.