Book tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Thin black lettering tattoo reading beloved on a forearm, beside an open Bible and brown leather case on a brown surface.
Beloved script on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a wooden signpost with Shire, Winterfell and Hogwarts boards above a stack of pink, purple and green books, with sparkles, on a forearm.
Fantasy signpost and stacked books on a forearm
Traditional-style tattoo of an open book with the words turn over a new leaf in black script and a red leaf on the page, sitting on the upper arm.
Open book reading turn over a new leaf
Fine line black tattoos on a man's forearms showing a stack of book spines, quotation marks, lettering and small flying silhouettes.
Book stack, quotes and birds on forearms
Black ink tattoo on a forearm showing a handwritten script quote above three open books with quill pens, in a line-drawn lettering style, placed on the inner forearm.
Quote and open books on a forearm
Black ink tattoo on the upper back with a bird and arrow, four small birds, the words books are proof humans can do magic, a triangle symbol and a trident.
Birds, quote and symbols on upper back
Fine line serif script tattoo on a forearm reading 'i spent my life folded between the pages of books', with an open book behind the arm.
Book quote tattoo on a forearm
Black lettering reading EVERY BOOK IS A WORLD above an open book, in a lettering style, on the inner wrist.
Every book is a world with open book on wrist
Small tattoo of an open book with a pink cover and scattered grey letters above it, on the inner forearm.
Open book and floating letters on a forearm
Close-up of three stacked lines of the word busy in black lettering on the outer thigh, with a paperback book resting on the lap.
Busy repeated lettering on a thigh
Black fine line book stacks, quotation marks, Peter Pan silhouettes and quote lettering shown as a flash sheet, with the designs applied to a forearm in the lower right photo.
Book and quote designs on forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an open book with trailing ribbons and the script it's not the destination it's the journey, on the side of the ribs.
Open book with ribbons on the ribs
Fine line black script quote running across the top of a foot near the ankle, with a small coloured stack of books beside the ankle bone.
Script quote and books on a foot
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
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
Black and grey lettering tattoo of a quote set in a typewriter-style font, running down the forearm.
Typewriter quote on a forearm
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
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
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
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
Black linework tattoo on a forearm of a stack of three books above the words I have lived a thousand lives, set in a typewriter-style font.
Stack of books with quote on forearm
Colour tattoo of an open book reading We're all stories in the end, with blue flowers and vines, on a limb in a close-up photo.
Open book with a quote and blue flowers
Black line drawing flash sheet of infinity symbol designs with script phrases, silhouette birds, stars, a heart and the word Books, with no body placement shown.
Infinity script and bird designs on a sheet
Lettering tattoo on a forearm with a book-themed text quote in blue, purple and black serif and sans-serif fonts, with an ampersand and a small flourish.
Typographic book quote on a forearm
Black and grey hand-drawn design of a stack of books with the words I might read until I feel better in lettering across the spines.
Stack of books with a reading quote
Colour tattoo of stacked and open books in blue, red and brown above the script words "the world was hers for the reading" on the upper back.
Books and quote across the upper back
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing an axe embedded in a tree stump beside a small animal, with the words K is for Kate beneath it.
K is for Kate with an axe and stump
Black ink tattoo on the upper back reading books are proof humans can do magic, with a silhouetted broom rider, flying birds, a triangle with a circle and a trident symbol.
Quote with broom, birds and symbols on upper back
Close photograph of a small fine black serif word, rêveur, tattooed on the upper arm, with the framed collage showing a book spine and an old printed page.
Rêveur lettering on upper arm
Small teal numerals reading 398.2 in a simple script on the inner wrist, with a hand holding a Grimm's Fairy Tales book and a tiara behind it.
398.2 numerals on the inner wrist
Fine line black script reading warrior along the inner forearm, with the arm resting over an open book and a knitted teal blanket.
Warrior script on a forearm
Fine line black quotation marks tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with stacks of books blurred in the background.
Small quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lightning bolt containing glasses, a book and a teacup, surrounded by handwritten script along the ribs.
Lightning bolt with objects and script on ribs
Black fine line tattoos across a person's neck, chest and shoulders, including open books, a quote, a book stack and large comma marks.
Literary quotes, open books and book stack on chest
Close view of a thin black fine line script tattoo reading warrior on the inner forearm, with a book and a teal knitted blanket in the background.
Warrior script on a forearm