Literary Tattoos: Topic Titles

The Distracted Librarians | April 8, 2025

In the last episode, The Distracted Librarians chatted about tattoos based on books, movies, and videogames. Read on to find inspiration for your next tattoo.

Books

Titus Andronicus / William Shakespeare
One of Shakespeare’s earliest and bloodiest tragedies.

Winnie the Pooh : a reproduction of the original manuscript / A. A. Milne
Written by A. A. Milne in 1926, this children’s book kicked off the saga of Winnie-the-Pooh and went on to captivate children-and adults-of all ages for decades to come.

Wolfsong / TJ Klune
When Joe Bennett, a charming and handsome shapeshifter who is haunted by scars he cannot heal, returns to Green Creek three years after a murder sent his pack scattering, 26-year-old Ox can no longer ignore the attraction between them.

Heartstopper / Alice Oseman
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. A sweet and charming coming-of-age story that explores friendship, love, and coming out. 

Six of Crows / Leigh Bardo
Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction–if they don’t kill each other first.

And Still I Rise / Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou’s third poetry collection, a unique celebration of life, it consists of rhythms of strength, love, and remembrance, songs of the street, and lyrics of the heart.

Macbeth / William Shakespeare
With the help of his scheming wife, he sets into motion a sinister plan that will paint bloody strokes across the entire landscape of Scotland.

Slaughterhouse-Five / Kurt Vonnegut
Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain’s assistant during the Second World War, returns home only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present.

Harry Potter / J.K. Rowling

On Harry’s eleventh birthday, a great beetle-eyed giant of a man called Rubeus Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. An incredible adventure is about to begin!

The Fellowship of the Ring / J. R. R. Tolkien
The first volume in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.

Pride and Prejudice / Jane Austen
The provincial Bennet family, home to five unmarried daughters, is turned upside down when a wealthy bachelor takes up a house nearby. 

Fault in Our Stars / John Green
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

Movies

Titus
Presents the story of a victorious Roman general whose rigid code of honor and duty proves to be his downfall. A shocking journey into the depths of the human heart, a place where vengeance and passion reign supreme.

Spirited Away
When a young girl gets trapped in a strange new world of spirits, she must call upon the courage she never knew she had to free herself and rescue her parents.

My Neighbor Totoro
Two young sisters spend a summer in the Japanese countryside with their father. The children’s strange new home turns out to be a wonderland filled with creatures and a trio of furry woodland sprites who can only be seen by children.

Titanic
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic.

Games

Kingdom Hearts

Sims 3

Sims 4

Dead by Daylight

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