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15 literary tattoos that take the love of books to a whole new level

By Danielle de Wolfe

published 26 July 2016

Some people love books so much they re-read them. Other people love them so much they get permanently scarred with a tattoo in homage to them. Here's a roundup of the best of the latter, featuring everything from William Shakespeare to Ray Bradbury to Ernest Hemingway - a maverick who'd no doubt have approved.

Fahrenheit 451

Hamlet

Sherlock Holmes

A Clockwork Orange

V For Vendetta

The Wind In The Willows

Where The Wild Things Are

The Old Man And The Sea

Moby Dick

Jack Kerouac

Ernest Hemingway

Harry Potter

Edgar Allan Poe

Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas

Romeo & Juliet

As a former Shortlist Staff Writer, Danielle spends most of her time compiling lists of the best ways to avoid using the Central Line at rush hour.