Nonfiction books about tattoos! The historic, sociological and cultural significance of tattooing and tattoo art. Will aim to be intersectional and a diverse range of approaches.
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last updated August, 2026
The Tattoo Dictionary
Trent Aitken-Smith
Could This Be Magic? Tattooing As Liberation Work
Tamara Santibanez
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings
Matt Lodder
Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes)
Isaac Fitzgerald
Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them
Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed
Carl Zimmer
The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman (Women in the West)
Margot Mifflin
Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tattoo
Linda Waimarie;Rua Becky Te Awekotuku Ngahuia;Nikora
Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing
Angela Hovak Johnston
Drawing with Great Needles: Ancient Tattoo Traditions of North America
Aaron Deter-Wolf
Tattoo Traditions of Asia: Ancient and Contemporary Expressions of Identity
Lars Krutak
Berber Tattooing: The Disappearing Tradition of Amazigh Tattoos, Tattoo idea book, Tattoo symbol and meanings, Tiny tattoos book
Mohammed Jiari
Covered in Ink: Tattoos, Women and the Politics of the Body (Alternative Criminology, 24)
Beverly Yuen Thompson
Tattoo: An Anthropology
Makiko Kuwuhara
Bodies of Subversion: A Secret History of Women and Tattoo
Secret Historian: The Life and Times of Samuel Steward, Professor, Tattoo Artist, and Sexual Renegade
Justin Spring
Ancient Ink: The Archaeology of Tattooing (McLellan Endowed Series xx)
The Tattoo History Source Book
Steve Gilbert
Truly Tribal: Contemporary Indigenous Tattooing
Dion Kaszas
Indigenous Tattoo Traditions: Humanity through Skin and Ink
The Tattooed Lady: A History
Amelia Klem Osterud
The World Atlas of Tattoo
Anna Felicity Friedman
Queer Tattoo
Benjamin Wolbergs
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