A couple of independent editors have decided to take the trend and invert it -- to put the literary tattoos back in a book. Portraits, quotations, representations -- all are eligible.

These tattoos can be anything from a simple line from a favorite story, to an entire scene from a favorite book scrawled onto a body part, and no matter what, all of them are beautiful.

Tattoos are their own kind of commitment; getting one is a way of claiming words or an image for yourself. And for book lovers, literary tattoos from classic books are the perfect way to do that.

Since we’re lowkey constantly looking for tattoospiration, we’ve scoured the Internet (okay, just Instagram) for some amazing tattoos inspired by our favorite books and authors. Don’t blame ...

Julio Avila is a tattoo artists at Solid State Tattoo, 2660 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., and he agrees that literary tattoos became increasingly more popular over the past few years.

Tattoos have marked human bodies since the Neolithic period. Their permanence bares a heavy weight. Each needle scrawls a different story, whether it be a drunken mistake or a solemn tribute.

Apoet with a laptop walks into a bar. He orders a beer and begins scrolling Web sites of "literary tattoos." He sees a man's back entirely inscribed with the first page of "Fight Club." The tattoo ...

Certified Tattoo Studios partnered with the Denver Public Library Friends Foundation to offer library- and literary-themed tattoos Sunday at the Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales Branch Library to raise ...

Pop culture references often pop up in tattoos. But most people think to cartoons, comic books, music and movies inspiring said ink. But what about books? I surprised myself with my lack of ...

Literary Ink Tattoo, Art and Fandom Convention opens in the DoubleTree Hotel on Friday, March 9, with 70 tattoo wizards and 15 vendors on hand, a scavenger hunt, tattoo of the day contest and an ...

Author Shelley Jackson's new work Skin has a life of its own. Jackson is having people around the world tattoo her words on their own skin. Participants get to read the entire work after meeting ...

“I have a tattoo of The White Tree of Gondor from The Lord of the Rings series. I read the books in middle school, and it was one of the first pieces of classic, ‘grown-up’ literature I read.