You can get a refurbished 2018 model on Amazon right now for 49.99. I had one for years, it always worked perfectly.

I upgraded to the 2022 because it had more storage, but if you’re not like me and insist on having most of your books ON the kindle, not just available to download, the smaller storage is fine.

The plus to Amazon refurbished is they give you basically the same warranty you’d get on a new one.

I bought my first kindle in 2009, more because “hey it’s cool I want one” than because I thought it’d be well used. It’s so convenient-I no longer buy purses based on how many books they’ll hold—so long as it holds my kindle, I have thousands of books available wherever I am.