Ink on Ink

10 books with memorable tattoos

Tattoos are divisive: some people love them, some hate them. But however you feel, it's hard to deny that getting inked made these characters particularly memorable.

1. The Grave Tattoo

Val McDermid

2. The Tattoo Artist

Jill Ciment

3. The Tattoo Murder Case

Akimitsu Takagi

4. The Tattoo

Chris McKinney

5. The Illustrated Man

Ray Bradbury

6. Until I Find You

John Irving

7. Skin

Tobias Hill

8. The Electric Michelangelo

Sarah Hall

9. Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia

Danzig Baldaev

10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson