If you’re still searching for gifts for the notebook lover who has everything, or if you yourself are the notebook lover who has everything and wants their loved ones to give them something other than notebooks, here’s a few ideas to put on your list!
I recently finished reading The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper, by Roland Allen. I intend to post a more detailed review, but I really enjoyed it and I’m sure any other notebook enthusiast would too.
Another cool book I just discovered recently is Edward Hopper: A Journal of His Work. Many of the Edward Hopper sketches that you see online are from ledgers where he catalogued his paintings and how much he’d sold them for. This book contains full size facsimile pages from those ledgers. Unfortunately, this book is out of print but used copies are out there at reasonable prices.
The most recently published book that’s gotten me excited is Orhan Pamuk’s Memories of Distant Mountains: Illustrated Notebooks 2009-2022, which just came out a couple of weeks ago. I love discovering that an amazing author is also a talented artist!
The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing is on my own Christmas list. It’s not specifically notebook-related, but notebooks do appear, as it is all about the creative process behind various great novels, works of art, music, etc. It’s heavily illustrated and I’m looking forward to immersing myself in it.
I haven’t yet read The Forbidden Notebook, by Alba de Cespedes, but I’ve been dying to ever since it came out. The title and cover alone are compelling, but it has also gotten rave reviews. It’s now out in paperback.
Obviously, I think books are the best gifts, and I have many other books about notebooks and facsimile sketchbooks I could recommend, but if your recipient isn’t a big reader, or if you’re looking for a small stocking stuffer, I think cute sticky notes are a great notebook companion. Here’s a few that caught my eye:
Washi tape is another fun accessory for notebooking, and it doesn’t have to break the bank. These big assortments are under $15! (Way under.)
And if all else fails, there’s always this Ugly Christmas Sweater Journal.
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Excellent recommendations. Thank you for putting the list together. Already see some nice presents . . . . . for me ;-)