15 Best Notebooks Tested and Reviewe 2024

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Most Classic Notebook

Moleskine Classic Expanded Notebook

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First things first. Moleskine's classic notebook is a no-brainer. You can go soft or hardcover, but the soft is nice and bendy for really getting into the writing. It's nice and thin, easy to keep in any bag or stowed in a drawer.

Best Upgraded Spiral Notebook

Appointed The Notebook

If you like ample table space for writing, Appointed's spiral notebook opens up and invites you into it. The perforated sheets are made with a substantial 70-lb text-weight stock, and the front cover is water-resistant.

Best Cheap Notebook

Muji 3-Pack Planting Tree Paper Notebook

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For something cheap to buy in bulk, Muji's spiral paper notebooks are outstanding. They are simple, thin, and airy. I have a few of these on hand at any given point for quick notes that won't weigh down a bag.

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Best Notebook for Planning

Moleskine Pro Notebook

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Another favorite from Moleskine is the hardcover Pro notebook, made for keeping track of tasks and projects. It has the same weight and feel of the classic, but the pages are lined so that you can more easily keep lists. A great buy for work.

Best Writing Pad

Ampad Heavyweight Writing Pad, 4 Pack

I guess technically this isn't a notebook but that's just semantics. A classic legal writing pad is a great option to have in your desk for brainstorming and panic writing down phone numbers from your insurance company.

Best Thin Notebook

Baltic Club Emerald Cloth Large Spiral Notebook

Baltic Club makes this spiral notebook that is smaller and thinner than something like you might've bought in college. It feels intimate to write in, and the matte laminated cardstock is silky smooth.

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Best Fancy Journal

Christian Lacroix A5 Journal

If you're on the hunt for a more personal notebook—something for journaling or gratitude or what have you—this is it. The structure is nice and bendy and the wider ruled pages are good for bigger handwriting.

Best Personalizable Notebook

Smythson Soho Notebook

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Bury me in Smythson notebooks. The leather extraordinaires took their talents to the page with these leather notebooks. The Soho size is roomy enough for comfortable writing but still small enough to fit comfortably in a bag.

Nicest Notebook for the Office

Montblanc Cross-Grain Leather Notebook

Also fancy-feeling: Montblanc's leather notebook. The pages feel like luxury, and I like keeping my most esteemed thoughts and inspired ideas from conversations in here.

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Best Digital Notebook

reMarkable reMarkable 2

I am the e-book and e-reader skeptic for the ages, but reMarkable knows its audience. It's super thin, has a paper feel, and easily digitizes your notes. I'm also a big fan of its PDF function, where you can sync papers across from your laptop and write notes directly onto the PDF.

Best Notebook for Anxiety

Therapy Notebooks The Anti-Anxiety Notebook

Most self-help notebooks are bad but this one is not. The Anti-Anxiety Notebook was designed in part with therapists to come up with introspective prompts that can walk you through a spiral. A nice little add to your nightstand.

Handiest Notebook

Field Notes National Parks Series 3-Pack

Now, the classic three-pack of Field Notes is not my personal favorite writing experience but they are extremely useful to have. They're tiny (5.5"x3.5"), flexible, and good for when you want to have paper on hand without it weighing you down.

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Best Waterproof Notebook

Wren Karst A6 Stone Paper Field Journal

Writing in the great outdoors sounds like such a wholesome experience until it starts pouring and your notebook is ruined. A waxed, waterproof journal won't have the silkiness of an Inside Notebook but it has its purpose.

Most Giftable Notebook

Papier Colorblock

Papier's colorblocked notebooks are the grown-up version of all those spiral notebooks you used to use in school. They look a hell of a lot better, though, and are satisfying and easy to write on. These are great to gift, too—personalize it with your giftee's favorite color combo and monogram.

Best Recycled Paper Notebook

Michael Roger Decomposition Notebook

I love paper but I also love earth and don't want to destroy any more trees than I already have. Decomposition notebooks are made with post-consumer-waste recycled paper, which has a little gritty of a feel to it. That's useful for lefties trying not to smear their work, and anyone using a super inky pen.

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