Book tattoo ideas

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

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Black lettering tattoo in a serif script reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books' runs along a forearm resting on an open book.
Book quote script on a forearm
Small grey open book tattoo with outlined pages and light shading on the back of a heel near the ankle.
Small open book tattoo on the heel
Black and grey tattoo of an open book with shaded pages, placed centrally on the torso below a dark top.
Open book tattoo on the torso
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of a black cat sitting on a stack of books on the inner upper arm.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words You are not alone above a sketched girl holding a book, on a lower leg.
Quote and sketched girl with a book
Small black open book tattoo behind a person's ear on the neck, drawn with a bold outline and solid black shading.
Open book tattoo behind the ear
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on the side of a torso showing a pastel pony in a dessert bowl, surrounded by a cupcake, balloons and a star.
Pastel pony, cupcakes and balloons on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of three open books labelled Fig 1, Fig 2 and Fig 3, stacked across the inner wrist and forearm.
Three open books on a wrist
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a woman in a wide-brimmed black hat holding a book titled Recently Deceased, with blue crystals beside it on the skin.
Woman in a wide hat holding a book
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a steaming teacup on a stack of books, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Teacup and stacked books on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of several open books with hatched shading and bold outlines on the upper arm.
Floating open books on an upper arm
Small fine line tattoo of an open book in black and grey on the side of an ankle, against a red fabric background.
Open book tattoo on the ankle
Traditional style tattoo of an open red book with a gold spine and yellow flower on a teal ribbon, on a limb, with a partial green plant tattoo at the top left.
Traditional open book with flower
Fine line black ink tattoo of a stack of books with titles including 1984 and Brave New World on the outer thigh.
Stack of book spines on a thigh
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in a typewriter-style font, running down the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon baby elephant reading a red book with musical notes above its trunk, on the top of a foot.
Baby elephant reading a book on a foot
Fine line black tattoo of an open book above the word wanderer in script, on the inner wrist of a light-skinned arm.
Open book and wanderer on a wrist
Black and white photo of a woman's legs, with a Beauty and the Beast outline tattoo inside a floral wreath on the thigh and a banner tattoo on the knee.
Beauty and the Beast thigh tattoo
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of an open book whose pages turn into four birds flying upwards.
Open book with birds in flight on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall tower of books with loose pages flying off, a reader partly hidden behind an open book, across the upper back.
Tower of books on a upper back
Fine line black tattoo of an open book with its pages turning into flying birds, running up the inner forearm.
Open book with birds rising on a forearm
Realistic-style thigh tattoo of a stack of books with pages curling into wing shapes, above the script 'I've lived a thousand lives'.
Stacked books and page wings on a thigh
Two matching forearm tattoos: a shaded black and grey game controller and a colour stack of books, each above the words I have lived a thousand lives.
Matching game controller and books on forearms
Cartoon tattoo of the Cat in the Hat balancing on a ball and juggling books, in black and grey with red accents, on an arm.
Cat in the Hat juggling books on an arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a sitting cat on a stack of books, with loose ink linework, on the forearm.
Watercolour cat on stacked books
Open book tattoo with black linework, dotwork shading and pink, blue and orange watercolour splashes on the upper back.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Close view of a hand with a small black linework tattoo on the side of one finger, resting on a black book beside a rose gold digital watch.
Small finger tattoo beside a watch and book
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall stack of worn old books with banded spines, placed on the side of the ribs.
Stacked old books on the ribs
Black linework flash sheet on tan paper with designs including a winged key, open book, wand, winged snitch, owl with envelope, sorting hat and hourglass.
Wizarding themed flash sheet
Two hands pressed together showing a shaded grey open book tattoo across the back of the hands, with small outlined finger tattoos above.
Open book tattoo across two hands
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a woman's profile with the words Jane Austen in script beneath it, on the inner forearm, with Austen novels stacked behind.
Jane Austen silhouette and script on wrist
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a cartoon child in a red top reading a book, with green ferns and a blue and grey wave beneath.
Child reading on a wave with ferns
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing round glasses and reading a green book, with pink hearts and stacked books, on skin of the lower torso.
Cartoon cat reading a green book
Coloured tattoo design drawing of a blonde figure gazing into a crystal ball, framed by ornate filigree, a red book and a heart, with no body placement shown.
Crystal ball figure in an ornate frame
Fine line black tattoo of an open book with fanned pages on the outer thigh, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Open book outline on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo across a bare back, with a spine made of stacked books, a small figure in a long dress reaching up, and a ladder and scrollwork beside it.
Book spine and reaching figure on a back
Close photo of a solid black silhouette of a leaning figure beside shaded grey stacked books with a red ribbon, tattooed on the thigh.
Black silhouette figure beside stacked books on thigh
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an owl perched on stacked books with a wand and a sparkling smoke trail on skin.
Owl perched on books with a wand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an open book on the inner wrist of a raised hand, against a warm sepia bathroom background.
Open book tattoo on a wrist
Black and white photo of a black script quote tattoo on a lower leg, with a Lord of the Rings paperback held above it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Colour tattoo of a cherry blossom tree growing from an open book, with gold keys and blue flowers, on the upper leg.
Cherry blossom tree and open book on upper leg
Small black fine line outline of a heart on the inner wrist, next to a gold cuff bracelet and a mug of coffee.
Small heart outline on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree growing from an open book with small birds in flight, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Bare tree growing from an open book on a shoulder blade
Black and grey fine script reading I've lived a thousand lives arches above a shaded stack of books on skin, with spines reading HOBBIT and LOTR.
Stack of books with script quote
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf of stacked books, pink flowers and a banner reading We Are All Stories In The End.
Stacked books and banner on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stack of old books on an upper arm, with a large flower tattoo beside it.
Stack of books with a flower on the upper arm
Pink and purple peony tattoo with black and grey feather detail across a thigh and hip, in a bold Japanese-influenced style.
Peonies and feathers on a thigh
Four bold black brush calligraphy characters on white, labelled dragon, patience or endurance, book and peace, shown as a tattoo design sheet.
Four calligraphy characters with English labels