10 Recommendations: Best Notebooks for College (Oct 2020)

Teachers speech is goldy as your ticket to pass through college year safely. This can be your best friend since it has 240 ruled pages for notes, lists, musings, and more. Simple, handy, and has timeless look for your everyday note's taking. The bookmark ribbon perfect for saving your time from endless flipping to find where you have left. Crafted with horizontal lines help to help your writing at its best state. Neither going too high nor too low.

I used to use a moleskin notebook, which is quite expensive. I tried to use this AmazonBasic Notebook, which is very similar design with a moleskin notebook. I am using for 2 months and I am very happy. The paper quality is very good and it's smooth to write. Also, outside cover feels very solid.

by S. Kim

It is important to stay motivated when you are under pressure from college life. That's why it is recommended to bring along nice styling of notebooks. As for this notebook, it has a stylish and fashionable touch. Also featuring expandable inner pocket, elastic closure band and ribbon bookmark. The journal has a lay-flat feature for your better comfortability when taking notes.

Beautiful Journal. Love the pocket in the back.

by Savvy

For your long term use. This is the other smart movement from Rocketbook to be a bridge between classic taking notes with sophisticated technology. Comes with 42 reusable pages with 7 different page styles for planning, listing, note-taking and any other writing-related. You also can connect with the cloud service for your convenient access. Say goodbye to take photos and upload documents manually again.

So been using this for a couple of weeks and I have to say I love it! Instead of trawling through dozens of notebooks I can now search my emails instead for what I am looking for! Meeting notes have been taken, uploaded/emailed and then scrubbed. Only slight drawback is that you need to remember to write lightly...heavy writing leaves indents in the page but this is not something that would put me off. I genuinely think I have found the only notebooks I will use in future!

by Claire Grantham

Cute tiny elephant decoration in the middle of the cover is such a refreshing feature of this notebook. Has inner pocket, bookmark, a lay-flat design and elastic closure, also includes a pen holder for you who always forget where to put the pen. The paper is highly coated with 100gsm rate. The material is animal-free, it is 100% vegan if you wonder.

Love love love! The little illustrations inside the cover and the embossed animal on front, really make it feel much more personal! Swapped from leuchtturm 1917 to the dotted Dingbats notebook for my bullet journal this year! Biggest plus is the pen loop, I had to buy a separate stick in pen loop for the leuchttrum which is a big pain! Dingbats book is slightly wider compared to the leuchttrum, but I don’t notice the difference apart from the extra boxes on each page which is a definite pro not a con!

by lizzy

Constructed with tough wire bound to prevent it from damage or falling apart easily. The cover is hard and has great durability, it is also pretty smooth and soft to touch. Floral offers a combination of timeless design and bold colour that's sure to make a statement. Suitable for both professional and personal use. The notebook can stay flat for maximum comfort and flexibility.

Very solid and well made notebook. Paper is high quality, wire is solid and well put together.

by LG

A compact and mini notebook for your travel companion. When teachers or lecturers asked you to write down everything you learn when you are on the school trip, this will be your best mate. 128 pages for ease writing as much as you like. The faux leather making it looks posh and premium. It runs smoothly on tip of your fingers.

I purchased the brown color journal and overall it’s beautiful! It’s a little darker than what the photo shows. I tried my best to capture its color more adequately in the photo I attached. It still is a very nice mature color. The outside cover feels nice and smooth, as well as the off-white dotted pages inside. The journal lays flat when open so drawing inside isn’t difficult at all! I haven’t tried many different kinds of markers in it yet, but I did try a Bic permanent marker and it did bleed through. However, I don’t plan on using permanent markers in the journal so I don’t see it as a problem. It also as a nice little convenient pocket in the back of the journal which you could put stickers or something rather thin. Overall, it’s a great journal and I would highly recommend!

by Boulter

Elegant, ergonomic, premium notebooks that encourage your best ideas and creativity. The notebook contains 160 pages or 8 sheets for spacious writing. The paper is 120gsm for the better and nice feeling when you stick your hand and run your fingers on top of it. Ink bleed-free and get the best result of learning with this notebook.

Some people might say £10.00 is quite a lot for a notebook and I would usually agree with them, However, I am extremely pleased with my purchase. I needed a notebook to start writing my daily goals out and I wanted something that looked nice on my desk (Aesthetics is everything to me) and this does the job for both. Feels like good quality material and you can see the craftsmanship in it. The double ++ is that it's a great place to rest your phone on as well because it will never slide off. :D would definitely recommend.

by Mr Universe

Waterproof to keep your important notes untouchable from ruin. It is made from a special paper that can be erased more than 500 times, save much paper and money, and writes smoother than regular paper. It supports cloud storage for better access no matter where in the world you are. You can erase it with pen erases, wet cloth or a hairdryer for easy use.

There are always times when I just want to quickly note something down but hesitant to spoil my nice looking journal with scribbles. Besides some of these notes are just reminders and may be discarded anyway. With this notebook I can take a note and wipe it away/erase it if need be. Great for when I'm playing hang man or noughts and crosses with my daughter. The book is a bit pricey and I struggled with that at first but then again i spent a similar amount on a journal which needs to be replaced soon however as I can use this to replace that it will pay for itself over time.

by Kayum

Refillable and fully support your business look. The cover is made of high quality Business Blue leather design, looks premium and luxurious, smooth and soft to the touch, the magnetic buckle design beautiful and easy to use, 6 flexible ring binders to allow you remove or add pages easily. You can perform many styling on this notebook. You will get 200 empty pages to contain your endless journey in life.

I buy far too many notebooks! But I just had to add this to my collection, as it's a step up in presentation and quality. The paper seems the same as that supplied in other journals of this size; its great quality and lots of it. The outer cover is sturdy and I love the magnetic clasp. I bout this in brown as I love the faux-leather look. I can even fit one of my work pens in the pen loop. I use fountain pens and it was a tightish fir but managed to get a Lamy Safari in there.

by Chris Nixon

The Rocketbook One provides the freedom of a traditional pen and paper notebook while allowing you to instantly blast your notes into the cloud using your smartphone. It handles 140 pages for your taking notes routine. Comes with a dot grid pattern on each page, support for neat writing style.

Absolutely love Rocketbook. This is no exception- I have the everlast notebook already and the system is already set up and working well. But I like taking notes on proper paper as well, so this was a top choice. Unfortunately my awful handwriting completely foxes the OCR element every time but that’s no ones fault but mine! Otherwise it’s the perfect combination of being able to still scribble notes but to not lose them.

by ClareD