If you’re living that book life, these tweets are gonna make a whole lot of sense to you. They’re funny and exactly on-point.
So let’s take a deep dive into funny book tweets. Who knew there were so many?!?!
Nerd alert!
1. Way to go!
It’s the “roaring 20s” again so I’m going to take inspiration from the Great Gatsby and continue to not have read any books since high school
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) January 2, 2020
2. I think you messed up.
teacher: you're currently failing english, are you reading for extra credit?
me: i'm reading Animal Farm, the author is so good
teacher: orwell?
me: yeah [sweating] i meant the author is so well
— Terry F (@daemonic3) December 16, 2019
3. Check out this exchange.
ron weasley: i have to use old books
harry potter: wow
ron: and torn up shitty clothes
harry: yuck lol
ron: would be crazy if my best friend had a vault full of gold and could maybe help me out a little
harry: ya lmao that would be crazy
— randy (@leakypod) January 3, 2020
4. What about ‘On the Road’?
Before you turn 18 you have to choose exactly one of these books to read and then never stop talking about for the rest of your life:
-Harry Potter
-The Great Gatsby
-Animal Farm
-The Communist Manifesto
-1984
-The Bible— Jules (@Julian_Epp) August 20, 2018
5. Might not have been a great idea.
ME: I will now give my Moby Dick presentation as a rap
TEACHER: I specifically told you not to d–
ME: His palms are sweaty, Queequeg's harpoon heavy, there's something on his sweater already, spermaceti
— Andrew Fowler (@fowlerism) July 25, 2018
6. Seems a little odd…
so you mean to tell me , Willy Wonka sent golden tickets AROUND THE WORLD, and 5 WHITE children got them all?!?!!
— samia (@PotatoHamps) January 11, 2020
7. Here we go again.
editor: this better not be like last time
kafka: it's a coming of age story
editor: ok
kafka: about a boy who's changed, but his family won’t accept him
editor: i'm listening
kafka: because he's changed into a bug
editor: there we go
kafka: like a real big fuckin bug
— Elle on Deck (@ellewasamistake) January 10, 2020
8. What a sad little life.
I’d just like everyone to know that one of my pals thinks “what a sad little life Jane” is a quote from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and not from the greatest ever ending to come dine with me
— andy (@gothicdogsclub) December 27, 2019
9. Non-stop sobbing.
ME, SOBBING: Please, Emily, you can't give all your 100 characters the same 4 names
EMILY BRONTE: *points* That's Earnshaw Linton. *points* That's Cathy Heathcliff. *points* Heathcliff Linton. *points* Cathy Cathy. *points* Earnshaw Cathy Jr. *pause* And they're all GHOSTS.— Gee Aitch Cee (@Scriblit) July 30, 2018
10. That’s how it happened.
HARPER LEE: I don't know what to call my novel
MOCKING BIRD: It's probably garbage anyway
HARPER LEE [picking up a gun] ok I have one idea
— Jon (@ArfMeasures) April 19, 2018
11. I will publish this book.
PUBLISHER: So it’s got vampires?
BRAM STOKER: Yes.
PUBLISHER: Sex?
BRAM STOKER: Yes.
PUBLISHER: A lunatic asylum?
BRAM STOKER: Yes.
PUBLISHER: It needs something more.
BRAM STOKER: [scratches head] A… a cowboy?
PUBLISHER: Fucking sold.— Ross Daniel Bullen (@BullenRoss) August 14, 2018
12. Very fancy.
you: let’s get this bread
j.d. salinger, an intellectual: let’s catch this rye
— iain robertson (@yoiain) January 6, 2019
13. What did I do?
John Steinbeck writing the ending to Of Mice and Men https://t.co/d0lWWlmSlV
— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) October 22, 2019
14. Hey o! Zinger!
(english major moving apartments) there’s a lot to unpack here
— dylan (@spiritnght) September 1, 2018
Those are right up my alley! Like I said, I’m a book lover!
What about you? Are books kind of your thing?
Fill us in on your favorite writers and genres in the comments! Let’s get nerdy!