Book tattoo ideas

228 photos and flash · 25% Lettering, 23% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black linework sketch of an apple with a worm, a stack of books, a pencil and a leaf, drawn as a tattoo design on tracing paper.
Apple, worm, book and pencil design
Black and grey lettering reading I've lived a thousand lives above a shaded stack of books, tattooed on a person's left side ribs.
Book stack and quote on the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a stack of strapped books with red roses, a small red flower and green leaves.
Stack of books and roses on a forearm
Small fine line tattoo of an open book with a red heart on one page, placed on the ankle.
Open book with red heart on ankle
Black linework tattoo of birds rising from an open book in an engraved style with stippled shading, on the upper arm.
Birds rising from an open book
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a stack of three books with a moth on the top cover, placed on the forearm.
Stacked books on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an open book with a script quotation on the upper back of a woman with her hair pinned up.
Open book with quote on upper back
Colour tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and a script banner reading Loving on the Edge, on the inner forearm.
Open book with Loving on the Edge banner
Traditional style colour tattoo of stacked green and brown books with a buckled strap above a red rose and green leaves, on a limb.
Stacked books with a strap and red rose
Colour tattoo of a blue police box merged with a stack of book pages, drawn in a neo-trad style with bold black outlines and soft shading.
Blue police box fused with a book
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a seated woman at a vanity, a horned demon in the mirror, and the quote 'What is this that stands before me' arched above.
Woman at a mirror with demon reflection
Black linework leaf tattoo on the hand and wrist and a coiled snake tattoo on the arm, with a crystal ring, acorn pendant and pinecone beside an open book.
Leaf and snake tattoos beside an open book
Neo-traditional tattoo of a cat in glasses, a flat cap and bow tie holding a drink, with stacked books and pink flowers, on a forearm.
Cat in glasses and flat cap on forearm
Close-up of small black serif lettering reading bibliophile along the inner wrist, with an open book held above it.
Bibliophile lettering on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with an eye on the cover and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, on the upper arm.
Stacked books with an eye and NERD LIFE banner
Black ink outline tattoo of an open book with the word Escape in lettering beside it, on the skin of a foot or ankle.
Escape lettering with an open book
Fine line black tattoo of an open book and a steaming coffee cup on the forearm, with a coin placed below it for scale.
Open book and coffee cup on a forearm
Black line flash design of a stitched spellbook with an eye on its cover, a banner reading It's all just a bunch of, and purple Hocus Pocus lettering.
Stitched spellbook with eye and banner flash
Clasped hands with black block letters tattooed across the knuckles spelling BOOKWORM, with small icons on the fingers.
Bookworm knuckle lettering
Black ink flash sheet on a grey background with horror designs including a vampire head, a clawed glove, two girls in dresses, a book with a face, a grinning mask and a creature.
Horror flash sheet in black ink
Pencil and ink drawing of an open book outline, with lettering running along its edges that lists book genres and the words I love books.
Hand-lettered open book design with genre list
Black ink tattoo across the upper back with the words books are proof humans can do magic, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and line, and a trident.
Quote, birds and symbols across upper back
Black ink tattoo on a forearm of a stack of books with open pages lifting into a flock of birds, in a sketchy linework and shaded style.
Books turning into birds on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on an upper arm of a stack of books with a teacup and teapot, purple flowers and a banner with lettering.
Stacked books and teapot on upper arm
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a black castle silhouette, yellow moon, sleeping face with closed eyes, wings, a red book and a triangular pendant, in a neo-traditional style.
Castle, moon and sleeping face on a calf
Small fine-line black tattoo of an open book on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a red background.
Open book on a wrist
Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black ink on the upper shoulder near the collarbone, with a red top and bookshelves visible behind.
Open book on a shoulder
Fine black script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind it.
Book quote script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of an open book with black outline and watercolour splashes in pink, yellow, teal and orange on the forearm.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Traditional style tattoo of a red book covered in eyes and stars, with a leafy border, on the forearm.
Eyed book on the forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a green eye set in a grey book cover, framed by cobwebs and green clouds, on the leg.
Eye in a book with cobwebs and clouds
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with the words We're all stories in the end and two red flowers, on the ankle.
Open book with quote and red flowers on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of an open book with a pink heart and scrolls above, over a pink and blue flower with green leaves, on a forearm.
Open book and rose on a forearm
Close-up of a hand with the word grace in black script lettering on the back of the hand, beside a coffee mug and an open book.
Grace script lettering on the back of a hand
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded grey game controller on the left and a colour stack of books on the right, each with the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching controller and books forearm tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of a stack of four books with hatched shading on the side of a ribcage.
Stack of books on the side ribs
Black fine line tattoo of a row of old books on a shelf with a small bear leaning against them, on the ribs of a person in a white patterned top.
Row of books with a bear on a ribs tattoo
Traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing an owl above a woman holding a book labelled WISDOM, set against a red circle.
Owl and woman traditional tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoos of an open book with an eye and an anvil with nails, one on each hand.
Open book and anvil on hands
Colour tattoo of an open book with loose watercolour-style splashes of teal, pink, purple and yellow on the upper arm.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an open book with galaxy smoke, crystals and flowers on the thigh.
Open book with galaxy smoke on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with banners reading I'VE LIVED A THOUSAND LIVES, placed on the top of a foot.
Stacked books and banners on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stack of old leather-bound books beside a flower and leaves on an upper arm.
Stacked books and flower on upper arm
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background, reading a quote about ink and breath, styled as a lettering design.
Handwritten script quote about ink and breath
Black and grey photo of the word dust in thin script lettering on the inner forearm, with a watch strap and an open book behind.
Dust script lettering on a wrist
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cartoon owl perched on an open book in front of an orange moon, on the upper arm.
Cartoon owl on an open book with a moon
Full back tattoo in colour showing roses, a tree, a frog playing a banjo, a pocket watch and stacked books on a bare back.
Large back piece with roses, tree and banjo frog
Small black linework symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, held beside an open book with printed text.
Small black symbol tattoo on a finger