I came across these on Instagram and shared the image there, but thought it was worth reposting here!

A German book publisher sells blank books that mimic the format and design of their book series. I love the idea that you could camouflage your journals in a bookshelf among other authors’ books!

It would be cool if a US publisher did this, but I’m not sure which ones have series in formats that would work well as notebooks. Maybe Modern Library? Especially the older ones that looked like this:

One that would totally work is the Picador Modern Classics series, which are beautifully designed round-cornered hardcovers at about the size of a chunky pocket-sized notebook, 3.5 x 6″:

And I was super-excited to see that they have an edition of Slouching Towards Bethlehem, which is even more appropriate since it contains the classic “On Keeping a Notebook.”

Books and notebooks… always a great combo!