While lined options are great for structured note-taking, the best dot grid notebooks offer guidance without standing in the way of your creativity. They’re a favorite among designers and bullet ...

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, ...

Bullet journals made a big internet splash in 2013, and the trend hasn’t slowed down much since. Any dotted grid notebook can indeed work for bullet journaling. However, there are a few key things to ...

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 ...