Nike Book 1 Torched

The final Nike Book 1 colorway draws inspiration from burning pages, a fitting visual metaphor for closing one chapter and beginning the next. The shoe’s other nickname, “Rise From The Ashes,” nods to the phoenix of mythology, symbolizing rebirth, renewal, and emerging stronger after destruction.


At the shoe’s core is a white canvas upper made to resemble papyrus, complete with frilled edges and abstract paneling around the forefoot and collar. From there, “torched” details appear in varying shades of brown, most prominently around the Swoosh, toe box, tongue, and the back half of the midsole. The theme extends to the branding, with a burned-out circle replacing the first “O” in Book’s name on the tongue tag, echoed again on the insoles. For one last special touch, the box itself arrives pre-distressed.