Pull out a phone while someone is talking and, fairly or not, you look like you have stopped listening. A notebook says the opposite. This is the size and cover for that: A5 fits a page of real notes and still slides into a bag beside a laptop, and a leather cover does the work a paper cover cannot — it keeps its shape, it doesn't fold its corners over against a charger and keys, and it holds the pages flat instead of letting them curl. It also improves with handling rather than looking tired.
— The Ghalyh team · How we pick
Good for
Meeting and site notes · journaling and long-hand thinking · a gift that gets used
Not for
Rough scrap notes and shopping lists — you are paying for the cover, and a cheap pad does that job without making you feel wasteful. If you fill a notebook a month, the cover goes in the bin with it.
Specifications
- Size
- A5 (14.8 × 21 cm)
- Cover
- Leather cover — see the listing for the exact material
- Carry
- Bag-sized; holds its shape and its corners
Questions people ask
Why pay more than a paper-cover notebook?
For the cover, and only if the notebook travels. In a bag, a paper cover creases, curls and loses its corners within weeks; a stiff one protects the pages it holds. On a desk it makes far less difference.
Which cover material exactly, and can I return it?
Go by the material stated on this page — "leather" covers a range. If it arrives and isn't what you pictured, returns are 14 days, unused and in the original packaging, and the driver collects it.