# Beste UI

> Beautiful, accessible blocks, pieces and components for shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS, built for React and Next.js. Install one with the shadcn CLI and the code is yours to edit: no runtime dependency, nothing to upgrade.

Markdown rendition of https://ui.beste.co/block/blog64. Every page on the site has one: add `.md` to any address, or send `Accept: text/markdown`.

Last updated: 2026-08-12

Whole catalog for LLMs: https://ui.beste.co/llms.txt. Registry index: https://ui.beste.co/r/registry.json

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4. [Blog](/blocks/blog)
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6. Curated Reading List With Thumbnails

# Curated Reading List With Thumbnails[PRO](/pricing)

A curated reading list under a left-aligned header, laid out as two columns of linked rows where a wide thumbnail sits beside the article title and nothing else competes with it.

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Base UI

![](https://oud.pics/sm/l/npm.svg)`npx shadcn add https://ui.beste.co/r-base/blog64`

## Blog64: Curated Reading List With Thumbnails

A curated reading list under a left-aligned header, laid out as two columns of linked rows where a wide thumbnail sits beside the article title and nothing else competes with it.

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Pro blocks install through the shadcn CLI with your license key and ship their full source. Docs and live previews stay open to everyone, so you can read every block's details first.

[Upgrade NowUpgrade Now](/pricing)

### Installation

Swap `YOUR_EMAIL` and `YOUR_KEY` for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your [account page](/account).

**Radix flavor**

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```
npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r/blog64?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"
```

**Base UI flavor**

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```
npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r-base/blog64?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"
```

This installs the block to `components/beste/block/blog64.tsx` and the `badge6` component it uses for the eyebrow (installed to `components/beste/component/badge6.tsx`).

### Quick start

The installed file exports `blog64Demo` alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working reading list in one line.

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```
import { Blog64, blog64Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/blog64";

export default function ReadingListPage() {
  return <Blog64 {...blog64Demo} />;
}
```

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

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```
import { Blog64 } from "@/components/beste/block/blog64";

export default function ReadingListPage() {
  return (
    <Blog64
      eyebrow="Reading list"
      heading="Where to start"
      description="The pieces we hand to new clients and new hires, in the order we hand them over."
      posts={[
        {
          image: { src: "/covers/manual.jpg", alt: "Notes on a studio table" },
          title: "The operating manual we hand every new hire",
          href: "/essays/operating-manual",
        },
        {
          image: { src: "/covers/estimate.jpg", alt: "A printed estimate" },
          title: "Writing an estimate you can defend line by line",
          href: "/essays/estimates",
        },
      ]}
    />
  );
}
```

### Props

| Prop        | Type           | Default | Description                                   |
| ----------- | -------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| eyebrow     | string         | –       | Badge6 label above the hairline rule          |
| heading     | string         | –       | Section heading under the rule                |
| description | string         | –       | Supporting paragraph, capped at max-w-3xl     |
| posts       | PickedPost\[\] | \[\]    | Linked rows, filling the two columns in order |
| className   | string         | –       | Extra classes for the outer section           |

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```
type PickedPost = {
  image: PostImage;
  title: string;
  href: string;
};

type PostImage = {
  src: string;
  alt: string;
};
```

### Behavior notes

* Rows carry a thumbnail and a title only. There is no date, category or excerpt, which is what lets twelve of them sit on a page without turning into a feed.
* Each row is a whole `Link`, so the thumbnail and the title are one hit target rather than two.
* The thumbnail is a fixed `h-24 w-40` box with the image absolutely positioned inside it, so rows keep the same height whatever aspect ratio the source image has.
* Hovering a row eases the image up in scale and moves the title to the accent colour, both through a named `group/blog64`. The scale is wrapped in `motion-safe`, so it holds still for anyone who asked for reduced motion.
* The grid is one column below `md` and two above it, flowing in reading order rather than down each column.

## More Blog blocks

[View all Blog](/blocks/blog)

[](/block/blog11)

PRO

blog11

### Compact Thumbnail List

Two-column compact blog list with small square thumbnails. Space-efficient design showing many posts at once with minimal metadata.

[](/block/blog5)

PRO

blog5

### Horizontal List with Icons

Vertical stack of horizontal blog cards with left-aligned thumbnails. Features calendar and clock icons for metadata, author titles, and tag badges.

[](/block/blog43)

PRO

blog43

### Editorial Article Grid

A blog listing with an eyebrow over a hairline rule, a two-column heading, and three linked article cards with a hover-zoom image, a category label, a title, an excerpt, and byline.

[](/block/blog60)

PRO

blog60

### Featured Article With Recent List

A blog section pairing one linked feature with a hover-zoom image, category label, and byline against a hairline list of five recent posts stamped with their date.

[](/block/blog65)

PRO

blog65

### Lead Story With Thumbnail Rail

A lead article carrying its own wide image, excerpt and byline next to a rail of further posts reduced to a thumbnail and a title, so one story clearly outranks the rest.

[](/block/blog44)

PRO

blog44

### Newsroom Lead and Index

A newsroom listing with a heading, a divider, and an eyebrow over a hairline rule, a two-column lead story with a large image, the remaining stories stacked as numbered ruled rows with square thumbnails, and a seal button to the full archive.

## Ship the interface, keep the code.

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