--- title: "Rhodia Goalbook: A5 Dot Grid Journal for Planning" canonical: "https://stationerytimes.com/guides/rhodia-goalbook/" description: "Rhodia Goalbook A5 explained: 240 pages (224 numbered) of 90 g/m² Clairefontaine paper, 5 mm dot grid, index and perpetual calendars, pen loop, ribbons, origin." category: "Notebooks" type: "Journal" published: 2026-10-20 updated: 2026-10-20 author: "Ellis Penhale" publisher: "Stationery Times" sources: 18 products: - name: "Rhodia Goalbook, A5 hardcover, dot grid, 240 pages (ivory or white paper)" brand: "Rhodia" brand_origin: "France" made_in: "Not stated" material: "Italian leatherette (simili cuir italien) hardcover; 90 g/m² Clairefontaine vellum" price_band: "$$$ ($20–75 per notebook, typical US retail, October 2026)" manufacturer: "Clairefontaine Rhodia (Exacompta Clairefontaine group); sold in the US by Exaclair" model: "Goalbook couverture rembordée rigide, A5, dot grid" mpn: "118772C" url: "https://www.bloc-rhodia.com/fr/rhodiarama/82-515-goalbook-couverture-rembordee-rigide.html" --- # Rhodia Goalbook: A5 Dot Grid Journal for Planning > The Rhodia Goalbook is an A5 hardcover dot grid journal made for bullet journaling. Rhodia's French site lists 240 pages: 224 numbered 5 mm dot grid pages, six index pages and two perpetual calendars, on 90 g/m² ivory or white Clairefontaine paper, with an Italian leatherette cover, pen loop, elastic, three ribbons and a gusseted back pocket. - URL: https://stationerytimes.com/guides/rhodia-goalbook/ - Category: Notebooks - Author: Ellis Penhale - Published: 2026-10-20 - Updated: 2026-10-20 ![Drawing of the Rhodia Goalbook to scale: a black A5 hardcover 218 mm tall and 151 mm wide, as Goulet Pens listed it, with an orange elastic, an orange pen loop and three ribbons, beside the Goalbook open on numbered ivory dot grid pages](https://stationerytimes.com/images/raster/rhodia-goalbook-16x9.png) *The Goalbook in Black, open on dot grid pages and closed (1 mm = 1 px).* Original drawing (SVG): https://stationerytimes.com/images/rhodia-goalbook-cover.svg. Drawings © 2026 Stationery Times, reusable with credit under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ## Product facts | Product | Brand | Brand origin | Made in | Material | Released | Price range (typical US retail, October 2026) | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Rhodia Goalbook, A5 hardcover, dot grid, 240 pages (ivory or white paper) | Rhodia (by Clairefontaine Rhodia (Exacompta Clairefontaine group); sold in the US by Exaclair) | France | Not stated | Italian leatherette (simili cuir italien) hardcover; 90 g/m² Clairefontaine vellum | – | $$$: $20–75 per notebook | - Made in (Rhodia Goalbook, A5 hardcover, dot grid, 240 pages (ivory or white paper)): Not stated. Cult Pens says the paper is made in Étival-Clairefontaine, France. Rhodia's 2024 French press kit says the brand has always produced in France, at Illzach near Mulhouse, and that its notebooks are assembled by hand, but neither Rhodia's product page nor any retailer we could read names the Goalbook's country. Galaxus has listed Morocco for a checked A5 Goalbook (117764C), a different ruling; its page now blocks automated reading, so check the label on your copy. Source: https://www.bloc-rhodia.com/img/DossierDePresse-90-anniversaire.pdf ## Key takeaways - Rhodia's French site lists 240 unperforated pages: 224 numbered dot grid pages, 6 index pages and 2 perpetual calendars. - The paper is 90 g/m² Clairefontaine vellum with a 5 mm dot grid, in ivory or, for a few cover colors, white. - Goulet Pens listed the hardcover at 218.4 × 150.7 mm (8.6 × 5.93 in); the pages are A5, 148 × 210 mm, and LDLC lists 440 g. - Exaclair's 2024 US catalog lists the hardcover at US$33.50, in our $$$ band ($20–75 per notebook). - Rhodia is a French brand; Cult Pens says the paper is made in France, but no source we found states where the Goalbook itself is assembled. ## What is the Rhodia Goalbook? **The Goalbook is Rhodia's A5 hardcover journal built for bullet journaling: numbered dot grid pages with contents and calendar pages already printed.** It uses the same 90 g/m² Clairefontaine paper as the [Rhodia Webnotebook A5](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/rhodia-webnotebook-a5/). Reviews of it date back to 2018. Rhodia's French site lists the hardcover in 16 cover colors, and Rhodia's UK supplier, ExaClair Limited, added 11 new colors across the Goalbook and softcover ranges. In Europe it is sold as part of the Rhodiarama line. ## Rhodia Goalbook specs | Spec | Goalbook, A5 hardcover, dot grid | |---|---| | Cover size | 150.7 × 218.4 mm (5.93 × 8.6 in) | | Page size | A5, 148 × 210 mm | | Pages | 240, unperforated (120 sheets): 224 numbered dot grid pages | | Paper | 90 g/m² Clairefontaine vellum, ivory or white | | Ruling | 5 mm dot grid | | Planning pages | 6 index pages, 2 perpetual (undated) calendars: annual and monthly | | Extras | Orange elastic, pen loop, 3 ribbons (1 orange, 2 assorted), gusseted back pocket, orange endpapers | | Cover | Italian leatherette | | Spine | Glued, lays flat (Exaclair) | | Weight | 440 g (LDLC) | | Reference | 118772C (Black, ivory paper); 118570C (Silver, white paper) | | US list price | US$33.50 (Exaclair 2024 catalog) | | Price band | $$$ ($20–75) | Pages, paper, cover and extras are from Rhodia's French site; the cover size is from Goulet Pens' listing, since withdrawn, and Rhodia publishes none. The softcover Goalbook has two ribbons and no pen loop, so check which one a listing shows. ![To-scale drawing of the top of a Rhodia Goalbook A5 page inside its black 150.7 × 218.4 mm cover: ivory paper with a 5 mm dot grid and a 25 mm scale bar, with the page size, 240 pages (224 numbered, per Rhodia), and 90 g/m² paper listed beside it](https://stationerytimes.com/images/rhodia-goalbook-page.svg) *The 5 mm dot grid at 1.2 px per mm, top of a page.* ## What makes it different from a plain dot grid notebook? **The Goalbook prints the setup pages that bullet journalers usually draw by hand.** Contents pages let you index entries by page number, and the undated year and month pages work from any start date. Because the calendars are undated, you can start in any month and carry the book across a year boundary. The pen loop keeps a pen with the book. ## How do you set up a Goalbook for bullet journaling? **Start with the printed pages: log each collection in the contents pages, fill in the annual calendar, then use the monthly pages as your future log.** The numbered dot grid pages that follow hold your monthly, weekly and daily spreads. Because the year and month pages are undated, write the year in yourself. Of the 224 numbered pages, a weekly spread for every week of a year takes 104, leaving 120 for monthly logs and collections. ## Hardcover or softcover? **This guide covers the hardcover; Rhodia also sells a softcover Goalbook with the same A5 dot grid paper.** The softcover is lighter and flexes in a bag, while the hardcover gives a firmer surface for writing on your lap. Exaclair's 2024 catalog gives the softcover two ribbons and the hardcover three ribbons plus the pen loop, at US$29.95 and US$33.50 list. ## Is the paper good for fountain pens? **Clairefontaine's 90 g/m² paper is known for being smooth and resisting bleed, and several reviewers call it fountain-pen friendly.** Not every reviewer agrees: The Pen Addict says it can feather with wet inks or flex nibs, and saw more ghosting on cream paper than on white. The white-paper editions also suit color-coding better than ivory. ## How does it compare to other bullet journals? **The Goalbook has the most pages of the three popular A5 bullet journals here; the other two have heavier paper.** | | Rhodia Goalbook | [Leuchtturm1917 Bullet Journal Edition 2](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/leuchtturm1917-bullet-journal-edition-2/) | [Scribbles That Matter Pro](https://stationerytimes.com/guides/scribbles-that-matter-pro-a5-dotted-journal/) | |---|---|---|---| | Pages | 240 | 206 | About 150 | | Paper | 90 g/m² | 120 g/m² | 160 gsm | | Dot grid | 5 mm | 5 mm | 5 mm | | Price band | $$$ | $$$ | $$$ | Heavier paper shows less through the page; more pages last longer. If you don't need the planning pages, the Webnotebook is a plainer book on the same paper. ## Which color and paper should you choose? **The pages are the same in every cover color, so the real choice is ivory or white paper.** Ivory is the classic Rhodia look; white shows colored inks and highlighters closer to their true color. Rhodia's French site lists 16 cover colors, from Black and Silver to Turquoise, Sapphire and Chocolate. Exaclair's 2024 US catalog offers white paper only in Silver, Black and Orange; The Pen Addict says white paper arrived in 2020. ## Where is the Rhodia Goalbook made? **No product page we found states where the Goalbook is assembled; Cult Pens says its paper is made in Étival-Clairefontaine, France.** Rhodia's 2024 French press kit says the brand has always produced in France, at Illzach near Mulhouse, but Galaxus has listed Morocco for a checked Goalbook, so check the label on your copy. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the Rhodia Goalbook? An A5 hardcover dot grid journal set up for bullet journaling: numbered pages, contents pages and undated year and month calendars, plus a pen loop, an elastic and ribbons. In Europe it is sold under the Rhodiarama name. ### How many pages does the Rhodia Goalbook have? 240 pages, or 120 sheets, according to Rhodia's French site: 224 numbered dot grid pages, 6 index pages and 2 perpetual calendars. The pages are not perforated. ### What paper does the Goalbook use? 90 g/m² Clairefontaine vellum with a 5 mm dot grid. It comes in ivory and, since 2020 according to The Pen Addict, white; Exaclair's 2024 US catalog lists white paper only in Silver, Black and Orange. ### Is the Rhodia Goalbook good for fountain pens? Reviewers generally find Clairefontaine paper smooth and fountain-pen friendly, though The Pen Addict says it can feather with wet inks or flex nibs. We haven't tested it ourselves yet. ### What size is the Rhodia Goalbook? Goulet Pens listed the hardcover at 218.4 × 150.7 mm (8.6 × 5.93 in). The pages inside are A5, 148 × 210 mm; Rhodia itself publishes no cover size. ### Does the Goalbook lie flat? Exaclair's 2024 catalog says the glued spine lays flat, and Pen Chalet agrees. All About Planners describes a sewn binding, so check the edition you buy. ### What is the difference between the Goalbook and the Webnotebook? Both use 90 g/m² Clairefontaine paper in a leatherette hardcover. The Goalbook adds numbered pages, contents and calendar pages, a pen loop and more ribbons, and has 240 pages to the Webnotebook's 192. ### Where is the Rhodia Goalbook made? Cult Pens says the paper is made in France, and Rhodia's press kit says the brand produces at Illzach, France. No product page names the Goalbook's own country; Galaxus has listed Morocco for one checked Goalbook. ## Sources - [Rhodia (France): Goalbook couverture rembordée rigide (Goalbook, hardcover: 240 pages, 224 numbered, 6 index pages, 2 perpetual calendars, 90 g/m² vellum, 3 ribbons, 16 colors)](https://www.bloc-rhodia.com/fr/rhodiarama/82-515-goalbook-couverture-rembordee-rigide.html) - [Rhodia (France): Dossier de presse, 90 ans de Rhodia (press kit for the 90th anniversary: production at Illzach, France)](https://www.bloc-rhodia.com/img/DossierDePresse-90-anniversaire.pdf) - [Exaclair 2024 catalog (Rhodia's US distributor): Dot Grid Goalbook (references, glued spine, US list price)](https://www.rhodiapads.com/pdf/Exaclair2024.pdf) - [LDLC: Rhodia Rhodiarama Goalbook, A5, 120 sheets (148 × 210 mm, 440 g)](https://www.ldlc.com/en/product/PB00276609.html) - [Goulet Pens: Rhodia Goalbook Dot Grid A5 Hardcover, Black, ivory paper (listing since withdrawn)](https://gouletpens.com/products/rhodia-a5-hardcover-goalbook-black-dot-grid-ivory) - [Goulet Pens: Rhodia A5 Hardcover Goalbook, Purple, dot grid (218.4 × 150.7 mm, 2.8 mm cover; listing since withdrawn)](https://www.gouletpens.com/products/rhodia-a5-hardcover-goalbook-purple-dot-grid) - [Goulet Pens: Rhodia Goalbook Dot Grid A5 Hardcover, Turquoise](https://gouletpens.com/products/rhodia-a5-hardcover-goalbook-turquoise-dot-grid) - [JetPens: Rhodia Goalbook A5 Dot Grid](https://www.jetpens.com/Rhodia-Goalbook-A5-Dot-Grid-Raspberry/pd/21927) - [Dromgoole's: Rhodia Goalbook A5 hardcover, Silver, white paper, dotted](https://www.dromgooles.com/products/rhodia-goal-book-a5-hardcover-silver-with-white-paper-dotted) - [Pen Chalet: Rhodia Goalbook notebook (Italian leatherette, lays flat)](https://www.penchalet.com/pen_accessories/memo_books_notebooks/rhodia_goalbook_notebook.html) - [Cult Pens: Rhodia Rhodiarama Hardcover Goalbook A5, Beige (paper made in Étival-Clairefontaine, 3 page markers, pen loop)](https://cultpens.com/en-us/products/rhodia-rhodiarama-hardcover-goalbook-a5-beige) - [Tingstad: Rhodia Goalbook Soft A5, Anise (softcover, A5 dotted)](https://www.tingstad.com/se-en/offices/ink-toner/black-toner/goalbook-soft-anise-a5-notebook-117746c) - [Galaxus: Rhodia Rhodiarama Goalbook A5, checked, hardcover (country of origin Morocco)](https://galaxus.it/en/s12/product/rhodia-rhodiarama-goalbook-softcover-a5-checked-hardcover-notebooks-notepads-17839460) - [Gift Focus: ExaClair expands range of Rhodia Goalbooks and Softcover notebooks (11 new UK colours)](https://www.giftfocus.com/news/19449/exaclair-expands-range-of-rhodia-goalbooks-and-softcover-notebooks) - [The Well-Appointed Desk: Notebook review, Rhodia Goalbook (May 2018)](https://www.wellappointeddesk.com/2018/05/notebook-review-rhodia-goalbook/) - [The Pen Addict: The Rhodia Goalbook, a review (August 2018)](https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2018/8/3/the-rhodia-goalbook-a-review) - [The Pen Addict: Rhodia GoalBook, a quick review (August 2022; white paper)](https://www.penaddict.com/blog/2022/8/24/rhodia-goalbook-a-quick-review) - [All About Planners: Rhodia Goalbook for bullet journaling review](https://allaboutplanners.com.au/rhodia-goalbook-for-bullet-journaling-review-pros-cons-video-walkthrough)