Google Brings Featured Notebooks to NotebookLM

Google’s NotebookLM grounds its AI in uploaded files, but now it can also be extended with featured notebooks from high-quality sources. Today, Google announced 8 more of these featured notebooks, with topics ranging from longevity advice to Yellowstone Park and more.

“One of the secrets to getting the most out of NotebookLM is assembling high-quality sources to help you explore your interests,” Google Labs editorial director Steven Johnson writes. “Today, we’re rolling out a new feature making that easier than ever. We’re working with respected authors, researchers, publications, and nonprofits around the world to create featured notebooks.”

The initial lineup of featured notebooks includes:

• 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.

Each collection lets you read the original source material, ask questions, and explore specific topics in depth, and all answers are grounded in the source and provided with citations. There are also pre-generated Audio Overviews and Mind Maps, which help you explore main themes.

Tied to this, NotebookLM recently introduced the ability to publicly share notebooks as well, and Google says that users have now created over 140,000 public notebooks. There will also be new featured notebooks, of course, including additional collections from Google’s partnerships with The Economist and The Atlantic.

Featured notebooks are rolling out starting today in NotebookLM for desktop (web).