Best Book Lights In 2022

The Energizer Clip On Book Light is compact versatility, contemporary portability and overall affordability all rolled into one. The durable spring loaded clip attaches effortlessly to any agreeably flat surface and holds fast while you read. Attach it to the headboard, the desk, the night stand or right to the cover of the book itself.

It provides a shaft of light wide enough to illuminate the book page but not so big as to spill over to the rest of the bed. And, at 14 lumens, it’s not enough light to keep anyone else awake. The light is powered, as you might imagine, by 2 Energizer CR2032 batteries. Which are coin-style lithium-ion batteries that are easy to find and buy.

The Raniaco Rechargeable LED Reading Light provides an even dozen LED bulbs that spread the illumination joy evenly while allowing you to adjust to 3 different brightness levels. The lowest levels is perfect for when your bedmate is trying to get to sleep. The medium level is great when you need to bring a bit more light to bear on a larger book. And the highest level allows you to set the Raniaco on the nightstand and read without having to make ultra-fine adjustments.

This LED book light comes with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. That battery is charged either via the built in USB cord or by using the available AC adapter. Use the USB cord to plug it into the power bank or even your laptop or use the AC adapter when other power sources are unavailable. The point is you’re almost never at a loss to use and/or charge up your light.

The Kootek Clip-on Book Light has a more traditional desk lamp profile but don’t let that fool you. It’s extremely versatile, extremely reliable and provides eye saving soft LED light in two different brightness levels at the push of a button. That desk lamp aura is no mistake as the designers here are encouraging people to think beyond the functional confines of lighting up a page of their favorite novel. There’s no reason why you can’t use this in the kitchen, the living room, the study, your home office or your corporate office.

The Kootek Book Light has 10 soft light LEDs that produce a maximum of 100 lumens. That’s more than enough for your desk or to light sheet music while you’re playing the piano or violin. Put it in the closet to add that little bit of convenience that has always been missing there. Or use the low light setting, clip it to the headboard and use it for a bit of night reading before you drift off to dreamland.

We leave behind the comfortable, familiar 20th century profile of the Kootek to embrace the 21st century with the LuminoLite Rechargeable LED Neck Light. Part lamp, part sculpture, part conversation piece this LED Neck Light takes a back seat to no one in the versatility department. At the end of each tentacle is 1 narrow beam spot light and 1 wide beam flood light that give you the option of keeping your experience close in or widening it out if there’s no one else in bed with you who needs to get to sleep.

But the LuminoLite LED Neck Lite is more than just a flexible curiosity and it isn’t confined to only shining when it’s hanging around your neck. That’s because the rigid control panel segment doubles as a stand. Just twist the ends up and away and you’ve now got a table lamp. You can even coil the lamp and use one of the ends as a base. It’s up to you. It’s the kind of functional versatility we love to see in contemporary design.

Of all the book lights on our best book light list this might be the best looking. Of course taste is subjective, but if we had to pick one based solely on its looks we’d choose the LED Bookmark Book Light from LuminoLite. The Warm Bookmark Book Light provides a generous but not overpowering 28 lumens of soft, warm LED light that’s perfect for discrete reading in bed or studying in the dorm room after hours when your roommate is asleep.

The 3000K light is considered eye safe and the best light temperature for reading. It’s glare free and won’t give you headaches by kicking back nasty reflections from the pages of the book. That light is also adjustable to 4 different levels of brightness and the rubber coated flexible neck means you can bring whatever intensity you choose to bear exactly where you need it.

This is another book light out of the War of the Worlds school of design. But in spite of its alien design DNA it works just fine here on earth in a (limited) variety of settings from the bedroom to the kitchen to the basement and much more. The spring loaded clip will provide a vise-like grip on just about anything you can clamp it to, while the base, at 2.5 x 1.5 inches, is large enough to keep it upright no matter what light position you choose.

One thing we noticed right away about LuminoLite 7 LED book light was the disconnect between the marketing photos and reality when it came to the size of this lamp. In the pics it looks way too big to clip onto a book. But when you unbox it you realize it’s actually the perfect size for a little light bedtime reading. The 6 LED bulbs generate 3000K soft, warm light that’s easy on the eyes and easy on your bedmate when they’re trying to sleep.

The final item on our list of best book lights is the Carson PageGlow Rechargeable LED Reading Lamp. There is no doubt what you use this lamp for. It’s not going to help you change the oil in your car or build furniture or even provide an emergency light to keep in the glove compartment. This light is for reading. In bed. At night.

To that end it offers 3 cool white LED bulbs that project light horizontally across the surface of the page. Because they’re not dropping light down from above there’s zero disruption to anyone else’s sleep. The device features 3 stage dimming that is controlled via a well placed thumb switch on the spine and the clear, impact resistant plate holds the page down so that the LEDs can do their thing.