Book people are the best people.

They’re also my people, which is why I’m so excited about sharing this list of funny, insightful, pithy tweets about our very favorite things.

Book people are also also hilarious, as is evidenced below – so get ready for a big ol’ grin that just won’t quit.

13. I feel like this would definitely get you an A.

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

12. She knew it was coming.

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

— @ellewasamistake (@ellewasamistake) January 10, 2020

11. I’m pretty sure this is historically accurate.

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

10. Seriously what was wrong with him?

John Steinbeck writing the ending to Of Mice and Men https://t.co/d0lWWlmSlV

— SparkNotes (@SparkNotes) October 22, 2019

9. I just groaned and snorted at the same time.

https://twitter.com/spiritnght/status/1035924628861067266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fhanifahrahman%2Ffunny-book-tweets

8. Strictly speaking there’s nothing wrong with old books though.

https://twitter.com/leakypod/status/1212910978989514764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fhanifahrahman%2Ffunny-book-tweets

7. I want to say YTA, but…

I [35M] married a woman [32F] from a slave-owning family for money. She had mental illness and cheated on me, so I removed her from home and loved ones and chained her in an attic. Now I want to marry an employee [18F] without telling her I’m married because she’ll say no. AITA?

— Elizabeth Picciuto (@epicciuto) January 3, 2020

6. Some of us have made real accomplishments in this 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 (@heyitsandy_) December 27, 2019

5. Cathy Catherine Cath Linton Heathcliff.

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.

— Gabby Hutchinson Crouch (@Scriblit) July 30, 2018

4. Publishing, man. It never changes.

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 (@BullenRoss) August 14, 2018

3. And we’ve all chosen Harry Potter, clearly.

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

2. Why am I not surprised?

https://twitter.com/PotatoHamps/status/1215864662081855488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fhanifahrahman%2Ffunny-book-tweets

1. No way this dude had friends.

you: let’s get this bread

j.d. salinger, an intellectual: let’s catch this rye

— iain robertson (@yoiain) January 6, 2019

I love each and every one of these, and also think I need to step up my Twitter game!

Which was your favorite? Share with us in the comments – and tell us what your favorite book-related account is while you’re at it!

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13 Very Sophisticated Literature Tweets for the Well-Read

13. I feel like this would definitely get you an A.

12. She knew it was coming.

11. I’m pretty sure this is historically accurate.

10. Seriously what was wrong with him?

9. I just groaned and snorted at the same time.

8. Strictly speaking there’s nothing wrong with old books though.

7. I want to say YTA, but…

6. Some of us have made real accomplishments in this life.

5. Cathy Catherine Cath Linton Heathcliff.

4. Publishing, man. It never changes.

3. And we’ve all chosen Harry Potter, clearly.

2. Why am I not surprised?

1. No way this dude had friends.

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13. I feel like this would definitely get you an A.

12. She knew it was coming.

11. I’m pretty sure this is historically accurate.

10. Seriously what was wrong with him?

9. I just groaned and snorted at the same time.

8. Strictly speaking there’s nothing wrong with old books though.

7. I want to say YTA, but…

6. Some of us have made real accomplishments in this life.

5. Cathy Catherine Cath Linton Heathcliff.

4. Publishing, man. It never changes.

3. And we’ve all chosen Harry Potter, clearly.

2. Why am I not surprised?

1. No way this dude had friends.

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