Popsugar Love & Sex Book Lovers Literary Tattoos Read 'Em and Weep! 101 Tattoos Inspired by Famous Books 10 August 2019 by Hilary White View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Parlour Tattoo (@the_parlour_tattoo_bellingham) on Jun 10, 2019 at 3:13pm PDT The things we read in the books we love often stay with us for a long time, but for some, they stay forever — literally. Tattoos based on books are a beautiful way of keeping our favourite literary memories, characters, and quotes alive even after we've turned the last page. We've rounded up some artistic interpretations of famous works — from the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series to Pride and Prejudice and The Little Prince. Read 'em and weep! — Additional reporting by Lauren Harano and Tara Block Related: Book-Lovers, Brace Yourself: The 2019 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Is Here! 1 Harry Potter Book Page Stars Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Tara Block 1 / 100 2 Anaïs Nin Quote A photo posted by andi leigh (@landiceleigh) on Feb 21, 2013 at 11:45pm PST "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." 2 / 100 3 Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Tara Block 3 / 100 4 Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll A photo posted by Novels and Nail Polish (@novelsandnailpolish) on Nov 9, 2014 at 2:17pm PST "You'd be nowhere. Why, you're only a sort of thing in his dream!" 4 / 100 5 The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath A photo posted by Carmen Figueroa (@carmengallery) on Aug 13, 2014 at 6:33pm PDT 5 / 100 6 The Book Thief, Markus Zusak A photo posted by Lauren Crawford (@laurencraw94) on Sep 10, 2014 at 2:25pm PDT 6 / 100 7 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beth (@bethreacher_) on Nov 6, 2017 at 5:50pm PST "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther . . . And one fine morning — so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." 7 / 100 8 Owl and Books A photo posted by Gabriela Colicigno (@gabicolicigno) on Aug 25, 2016 at 5:38pm PDT 8 / 100 9 Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Wallace (@thatgirlwithcolorfulhair) on Mar 22, 2018 at 4:32pm PDT 9 / 100 10 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald View this post on Instagram A post shared by Britaini Albin (@britainitattoos) on Jul 11, 2019 at 8:18am PDT 10 / 100 11 It, Stephen King View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ju Linhas Tattoo (@ju.linhas) on Jun 25, 2019 at 5:48pm PDT 11 / 100 12 Work: A Story of Experience, Louisa May Alcott View this post on Instagram A post shared by AmyGetsLit 🔥📖 (@amymacgetslit) on Dec 10, 2018 at 7:44am PST 12 / 100 13 Matilda, Roald Dahl View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Parlour Tattoo (@the_parlour_tattoo_bellingham) on Jun 10, 2019 at 3:13pm PDT 13 / 100 14 Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mia Morris (@miamozcrazywacky) on Nov 21, 2018 at 11:58pm PST 14 / 100 15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alysha (@unlyshed.7) on Nov 1, 2018 at 2:00pm PDT 15 / 100 16 Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour, J.D. Salinger View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam Teitelbaum (@rcnj_tattoos) on Sep 10, 2018 at 7:24am PDT 16 / 100 17 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling A photo posted by Kristin Wilkinson (@silentkw) on Oct 2, 2014 at 3:42pm PDT 17 / 100 18 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams A photo posted by Taylor Paige (@fattanandhappy) on Oct 13, 2014 at 4:12pm PDT 18 / 100 19 The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien A photo posted by Bethan Crisfield (@berfaann) on Sep 16, 2014 at 2:20pm PDT A hobbit hole! 19 / 100 20 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling A photo posted by Lara Soccio (@liberipensieri.1936) on Nov 12, 2014 at 8:51am PST "Until the very end." 20 / 100 21 Harry Potter, Divergent, The Hunger Games, and Percy Jackson A photo posted by @b.ooo.ks on Oct 22, 2013 at 2:48pm PDT "Books are proof humans can do magic." 21 / 100 22 The Hunger Games Mockingjay Pin A photo posted by Anthony Robicheau (@anthony_robicheau) on Jun 26, 2015 at 10:19am PDT 22 / 100 23 The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins A photo posted by Jessie FELIX TATTOOER (@havemercyjessie) on Apr 28, 2016 at 5:30pm PDT "Are you, are you coming to the tree / wear the necklace of rope / side by side with me." 23 / 100 24 The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry A photo posted by Minna (@sunnuntaiaamu) on Feb 7, 2014 at 12:44am PST 24 / 100 25 The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry A photo posted by Alondra Monterrubio (@alondramonterrubio) on Oct 15, 2014 at 7:34pm PDT "I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them. But they answered: 'Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?' My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant." 25 / 100 26 The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien A photo posted by Recorded Books & RBdigital (@recordedbooks) on May 23, 2014 at 6:30am PDT "Not all those who wander are lost." 26 / 100 27 Matilda, Roald Dahl A photo posted by Sean Wilcox (@sean_wilcox) on Jun 30, 2016 at 1:41pm PDT 27 / 100 28 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee A photo posted by Sally Foster (@thesallyfoster) on Feb 16, 2013 at 3:08pm PST 28 / 100 29 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee A photo posted by Lauren Stephens (@mothers_ruin) on Aug 10, 2014 at 6:46am PDT 29 / 100 30 Nancy Drew and Hamlet A photo posted by Recorded Books & RBdigital (@recordedbooks) on Aug 22, 2014 at 7:30am PDT "This above all: to thine own self be true." 30 / 100 31 The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis A photo posted by Cassiano Dellaretti (@cassianotattoo) on Nov 5, 2014 at 4:35pm PST 31 / 100 32 Lord of the Rings Trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kaorin (@kuu_tann) on Jun 6, 2019 at 11:25pm PDT 32 / 100 33 The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster A photo posted by A Santaloci (@alextattoosnc) on Jul 25, 2014 at 8:22pm PDT 33 / 100 34 The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath A photo posted by @nerdybookquotes on Aug 15, 2014 at 4:30pm PDT "I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am." 34 / 100 35 "Annabel Lee," Edgar Allan Poe A photo posted by M E G A N Y A N Z (@meganyanz) on Jul 27, 2014 at 8:28pm PDT "We loved with a love that was more than love." 35 / 100 36 Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Anne of Green Gables A photo posted by Tkeisha Wydro (@tkeisha) on Jul 22, 2014 at 6:06pm PDT "I conscientiously believe so." — Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë "How ardently I admire and love you." — Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen "Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think." — Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery 36 / 100 37 A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess A photo posted by Jessie Lovano (@jessielovano) on May 19, 2014 at 4:31pm PDT 37 / 100 38 Divergent, Veronica Roth A photo posted by Giulia Casella 💄 (@itsgiuliacasella) on Jun 29, 2016 at 10:15am PDT 38 / 100 39 Quotation Marks A photo posted by Nicóle Olea 👓 (@nickyolea) on Oct 25, 2014 at 4:02am PDT 39 / 100 40 Where the Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein A photo posted by karman (@karmanrh) on Oct 14, 2014 at 8:06pm PDT 40 / 100 41 The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway A photo posted by 🌙Kya (@lulu.malkia) on Sep 9, 2014 at 3:42pm PDT "Isn't it pretty to think so?" 41 / 100 42 Endymion, John Keats Image Source: POPSUGAR Photography / Hilary White "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever" (written in Jane Austen's script). 42 / 100 43 Books Quote A photo posted by Indie-Tumblr-World (@worlds_indie_gang) on Nov 2, 2014 at 2:34pm PST "[Through books] I've lived a thousand lives." 43 / 100 44 J.R.R. Tolkien's Amalion Tree A photo posted by Cin Cin (@buzovantonija) on Jul 29, 2016 at 9:31am PDT 44 / 100 45 Hocus Pocus, Kurt Vonnegut A photo posted by Maria N. (@aplustardcrocodile) on Mar 19, 2014 at 2:04pm PDT "How embarrassing to be human." 45 / 100 46 The Elder Wand, Harry Potter Series A photo posted by :) (@swishy28) on Oct 15, 2014 at 7:43pm PDT 46 / 100 47 Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak View this post on Instagram A post shared by Geruza d'Avila (@gedavila) on Mar 17, 2016 at 5:55pm PDT 47 / 100 48 His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman Image Source: Flickr user Ed Merritt "Every atom of me and every atom of you." 48 / 100 49 Stack of Books A photo posted by Courtney Townill (@wellreadtilimdead) on Jul 26, 2016 at 4:39am PDT 49 / 100 50 Book A photo posted by #kirja (@kirja.fi) on Jul 29, 2016 at 6:16am PDT 50 / 100 51 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tattoos by Molly Vee (@ladywolly) on Nov 4, 2018 at 5:55pm PST 51 / 100 52 The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood View this post on Instagram A post shared by Corrie Worden (@corrieleah) on Jul 24, 2018 at 1:15pm PDT 52 / 100 53 The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry View this post on Instagram A post shared by Noelle Adrienne Tattoos (@noelle_adrienne) on Feb 18, 2019 at 8:52am PST 53 / 100 54 The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hannah Frey Christiansen (@hanner27) on Feb 23, 2019 at 10:03am PST 54 / 100 55 The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide, Douglas Adams View this post on Instagram A post shared by Agnes Hamilton (@aggie.q.tattoo) on Feb 23, 2019 at 8:08am PST 55 / 100 56 A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket View this post on Instagram A post shared by ✨Alexx Colombo (@alexxtattoos) on Jan 24, 2017 at 6:22pm PST 56 / 100 57 Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachel Winsor (@astro.racho.tattoos) on Feb 12, 2019 at 8:37am PST 57 / 100 58 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling View this post on Instagram A post shared by E. M. Cruz (@saltybbookclub) on Feb 9, 2019 at 7:14pm PST 58 / 100 59 The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna (@sylviaplathink) on Feb 9, 2019 at 1:03pm PST 59 / 100 60 Hamilton: The Revolution, Jeremy McCarter and Lin-Manuel Miranda View this post on Instagram A post shared by Juliana Finch (@writeplayrepeat) on Feb 9, 2019 at 12:56pm PST 60 / 100 61 Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jessica Lynn (@therealjesslynn) on Feb 9, 2019 at 12:40pm PST 61 / 100 62 The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna (@sylviaplathink) on Feb 2, 2019 at 1:53pm PST 62 / 100 63 The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac View this post on Instagram A post shared by Maggie Ellis (@maggiecolors) on Jan 28, 2019 at 4:13pm PST 63 / 100 64 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll View this post on Instagram A post shared by Billie Cullen Bentley 🏳️🌈 (@billiebentley_tattoo) on Jan 28, 2019 at 12:13pm PST 64 / 100 65 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald View this post on Instagram A post shared by Caroline Burrows (@carolineelise95) on Jan 26, 2019 at 3:11am PST 65 / 100 66 1984, George Orwell View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah (@guerilla_needles) on Jan 23, 2019 at 9:57am PST 66 / 100 67 The Book Thief, Markus Zusak View this post on Instagram A post shared by Faydra M (@puzzledbooks) on Jan 22, 2019 at 3:21pm PST 67 / 100 68 Frankenstein, Mary Shelley View this post on Instagram A post shared by bookiane (@bookiane) on Jan 21, 2019 at 8:16am PST 68 / 100 69 Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls View this post on Instagram A post shared by Faith Johnsen (@faithjohnsentattoo) on Jan 17, 2019 at 6:28pm PST 69 / 100 70 The Sign of Four, Arthur Conan Doyle View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anya (@nifflerofnovels) on Jan 16, 2019 at 11:57am PST 70 / 100 71 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll View this post on Instagram A post shared by Christina Harrington (@ladyharringtonx) on Jan 15, 2019 at 4:14pm PST 71 / 100 72 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melbourne Writers Festival (@melbwritersfest) on Jan 14, 2019 at 9:42pm PST 72 / 100 73 The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sophie Wren (@wrentattoo) on Jan 14, 2019 at 6:44am PST 73 / 100 74 The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Fendlay (@tattoosbysarah) on Jan 12, 2019 at 6:54pm PST 74 / 100 75 Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alana Joy (@alanajoy) on Jan 10, 2019 at 4:00pm PST 75 / 100 76 The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kaylynn Taylor (@kaylynntaylor93) on Jan 10, 2019 at 2:51pm PST 76 / 100 77 Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury View this post on Instagram A post shared by @bethanylikesbooks on Jan 9, 2019 at 1:14am PST 77 / 100 78 The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter View this post on Instagram A post shared by isabelgruppoink (@isabelgruppoink) on Jul 24, 2019 at 2:43pm PDT 78 / 100 79 Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bҽƈƈα 🧿 Mαɾƚιɳ (@beccamartyn) on Dec 26, 2018 at 2:39pm PST 79 / 100 80 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jessie Langs-Hendricks🍦 (@jessieisokay) on Dec 26, 2018 at 12:02pm PST 80 / 100 81 The Martian, Andy Weir and The Dark Series, Christine Feehan View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brittany Rheaume (@rheaumefineart) on Dec 22, 2018 at 3:35pm PST 81 / 100 82 Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling View this post on Instagram A post shared by Matt Henegar (@matthenegartattoo) on Dec 20, 2018 at 9:35pm PST 82 / 100 83 On the Road, Jack Kerouac View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mallory Czum (@hashtagmal) on Dec 20, 2018 at 1:43pm PST 83 / 100 84 Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝓐𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓬𝓪 𝓒𝓱𝓻𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲 (@allhailangelica) on Dec 12, 2018 at 7:43am PST 84 / 100 85 The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shannon Purvis Barron (@sp_barron_tattoo) on Dec 7, 2018 at 5:23pm PST 85 / 100 86 Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jackie O. (@page.before.beauty) on Dec 1, 2018 at 5:22am PST 86 / 100 87 A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mariah H (@mlhamby15) on Nov 28, 2018 at 6:10pm PST 87 / 100 88 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meghan Magdalene (@meghanmagdalene) on Nov 30, 2018 at 5:18am PST 88 / 100 89 Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hannah Mosley (@mosleytattoos) on Nov 25, 2018 at 4:04am PST 89 / 100 90 Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🖤Jayne🖤 (@jaynejezebelletattoos) on Nov 24, 2018 at 5:53pm PST 90 / 100 91 King of Cats, Paul Galdone View this post on Instagram A post shared by Melissa Baker (@girlinheavystorm) on Nov 21, 2018 at 10:41am PST 91 / 100 92 The Boxcar Children, Gertrude Chandler Warner View this post on Instagram A post shared by Shel D. (@frecklefriday) on Oct 23, 2018 at 3:31pm PDT 92 / 100 93 The Dark Half, Stephen King View this post on Instagram A post shared by Tinkerballa (@rs_tinkerballa) on Oct 5, 2018 at 3:44pm PDT 93 / 100 94 Looking For Alaska, John Green View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rachel @ Rachel's List (@rachelslist) on Sep 30, 2018 at 4:05pm PDT 94 / 100 95 Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut View this post on Instagram A post shared by @nightpokes on Sep 6, 2018 at 10:03pm PDT 95 / 100 96 Harry Potter Series, J.K. Rowling View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha Fox (@samanthajfox) on Jul 19, 2018 at 11:40am PDT 96 / 100 97 A Court of Mist and Fury, Sarah J. Maas View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nic (@niclikesbooks) on Jul 17, 2018 at 7:35pm PDT 97 / 100 98 Of Human Bondage, William Somerset Maugham View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cara (@caraphrase) on Jul 14, 2018 at 2:13pm PDT 98 / 100 99 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lizz DiCesare (@literary_lizard) on Jun 20, 2018 at 7:56am PDT 99 / 100 Pin It! Image Source: Instagram 100 / 100 Book LoversQuotesWomenTattoosBooks