To help demonstrate what NotebookLM can do, Google is introducing “featured notebooks” on various topics.
Google partnered with “respected authors, researchers, publications and nonprofits” to create notebooks on “everything from in-depth scientific explorations to practical travel guides to advice from experts.” Of note are partnerships with The Economist and The Atlantic.
They will appear as a new “Featured notebooks” tab on the web alongside filters for: All, My notebooks, and Shared with me. Each has a cover image, with users today only seeing emoji.
Each collection lets you explore the content using all of NotebookLM’s signature features. You can read the original source material, but you can also pose questions or explore specific topics in depth, and get answers grounded in the original material, with citations. You can listen to pre-generated Audio Overviews, or explore the main themes using our Mind Maps feature.
This is powered by the public notebooks feature introduced last month, with Google noting how more than 140,000 have been created in the past four weeks.
This is rolling out starting today to NotebookLM on the web, with more featured notebooks coming in the future. Some example ones can be accessed directly with the links below:
- Longevity advice from Eric Topol, bestselling author of “Super Agers”
- Expert analysis and predictions for the year 2025 as shared in The World Ahead annual report by The Economist
- An advice notebook based on bestselling author Arthur C. Brooks’ “How to Build A Life” columns in The Atlantic
- A science fan’s guide to visiting Yellowstone National Park, complete with geological explanations and biodiversity insights
- An overview of long-term trends in human wellbeing published by the University of Oxford-affiliated project, Our World In Data
- Science-backed parenting advice based on psychology professor Jacqueline Nesi’s popular Substack newsletter, Techno Sapiens
- The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, for students and scholars to explore
- A notebook tracking the Q1 earnings reports from the top 50 public companies worldwide, for financial analysts and market watchers alike
Meanwhile, Google recently added NotebookLM to the web app picker.
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