Grab a good book and cozy on back into your favorite reading nook. For bookworms and teachers alike, these ink styles tell quite an intriguing story.

As the great Earnest Hemingway once said, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”

Of course, the same can be said about tattoos when you consider they are permanently a part of you.

While reading for some men may seem like a bore or even a chore, the truth is, every page unlocks a new chapter in our lives filled with inspiration and ideas to think about.

Just consider giving one of these top 150 best books for men a read. I’m sure you’ll wonder how the past two hours have mysteriously vanished once you get past the cover. Needless to say, their easy to get lost in.

With that said, I’d like to show you a collection of the top 75 best book tattoos for men below. From traditional designs to modern watercolor ink styles, each holds an interesting meaning and story.

1. Open Book Tattoos 

An open book is always a gateway. Whether you decide to fill the pages or leave them blank, an open book tattoo is a classic design for the love of language. Use color to make the piece pop like the blue smoke coming out of old yellowed pages. Or stick with the color of the printed word and stick with blank ink. The greyscale sleeve of roses and open books fades especially well into the unblemished skin of the shoulder.

The inside of a book also doesn’t have to be linguistic, as with the piece depicting the Pyramids of Giza. The bold use of warm colors with neo-traditional styling especially makes the piece stand out. Open book tattoos can also convey a sense of foreboding, as with the first and sixth piece.

The escaping spirits in the sixth example have a transient feel from the pastel ink and unblemished skin between. Put a comedic spin on a hauntingly empty book with a spooky sad ghost. Or fill the pages instead, leaning an open journal against a stack of books in an amalgamation of the love of language.