It takes all sorts of ink, but it handles pencil especially well because of the paper’s slight tooth; the blank or graph versions of the Midori MD Notebook would be fantastic for doodling or ...

It comes in seven pastel colors and three sizes. There’s also ruled and blank-page options. Unlike hardcover notebooks, softcovers can be bent back and around without truly damaging the journal ...

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 ...

A fresh notebook exudes strange power ... that comes with what Mr. Allen calls “the infinite potential of the blank page.” It is as though the unmarked paper is summoning something—an ...