When I mentioned to my wife that I needed another notebook, she pointed to a bookshelf in my office and said I had a problem. “You’ve got an entire shelf of notebooks, some with just a few pages used.

Whether doing schoolwork, keeping a journal, or plotting tasks and to-do lists, notebooks are an important accessory to always have by your side. Where else would you keep all your thoughts and ...

I’ve been through dozens and dozens of notebooks in my lifetime—starting with my first summer camp journal at age eight, when my deepest thoughts were mostly about friendship drama and our trip day to ...

After years of committing to an all-digital writing system, I’m coming back around to physical notebooks. I can recall more of what I write by hand than what I type into the Notes app, and I like ...

Hardcover or soft? Leather or cloth? Spiral-bound or sewn? Are the pages gridded? Are they a comfortable writing size? Do they tear out easily? Whether you use your notebook mainly for jotting, ...

John Schu is a best-selling author, a children’s librarian and a tireless evangelist for the power of a blank page. By Elisabeth Egan Elisabeth Egan is an editor at the Book Review and the author of ...

It wasn’t just an ordinary notebook — it was a brand-new notebook, and it took me a while to understand my appreciation for it. As I watch the yellow buses take to the road each morning and again each ...