# Where can I get book-themed clothing?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 7, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629 "2008-11-07T14:05:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/1 "2008-11-07T14:05:07Z")
For Christmas, I’m thinking of asking for some T-shirts that don’t suck. I would love to have a shirt with a picture of Stephen King (I know that’s not going to happen since he doesn’t license his image).
I’ve been looking around at [cafepress.com](http://cafepress.com) and found some Watership Down shirts that are kinda cool, and some King shirts…is this all there is? Any place you know of I can look for this type of stuff?
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### Author:  [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/2 "2008-11-07T16:46:37Z")
I don’t know where you can get one (I’m a big help, ain’t I?), but I have a t-shirt with the Grouch Marx quote “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read”.
I always get comments when I wear it.
VCNJ~
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### Author:  [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/3 "2008-11-07T16:55:14Z")
Ooh - I found one: [http://shop.cafepress.com/design/11152128](http://shop.cafepress.com/design/11152128)
I also found these:
[http://acornonline.com/product.asp\_Q\_pn\_E\_14089\_A\_name\_E\_Gorey+Cat+Sweatshirt](http://acornonline.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_14089_A_name_E_Gorey+Cat+Sweatshirt)
[http://shop.cafepress.com/design/3467989](http://shop.cafepress.com/design/3467989)
[http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/\_sodtshirt](http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/_sodtshirt)
VCNJ~
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/4 "2008-11-07T17:51:10Z")
I googled “literary t-shirts” and got the following:
[http://www.zazzle.com/literary+gifts](http://www.zazzle.com/literary+gifts)
[http://www.redmolotov.com/catalogue/category.php?category\_code=literary&order=date\_added&sorted=DESC](http://www.redmolotov.com/catalogue/category.php?category_code=literary&order=date_added&sorted=DESC)
Think Geek’s take on “to be or not to be”: [http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/itdepartment/57f0/](http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/itdepartment/57f0/)
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/5 "2008-11-07T18:15:01Z")
[http://www.cafepress.com/absolutecotton/2257494](http://www.cafepress.com/absolutecotton/2257494)
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### Author:  [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/6 "2008-11-07T18:42:48Z")
you can also make your own shirts at cafepress. Anything you can think of. If you have a modicum of photoshop talent, design your own perfect shirt. (I’ve made a few myself, and cafepress really doesn’t disappoint. High-quality, fast shipping, you’d never know they were “homemade”.)
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/7 "2008-11-07T18:50:42Z")
Wow, **Veuve** , that last link of yours had me scrambling to see if I’d somehow missed a book! I have read those stories but was unaware of that collection. It’s a beautiful shirt, too.
**Twicks** , they have better King stuff at that zazzle site than any I’ve seen yet. I don’t do bumper stickers, but I’m cracking up at that “My boss is a gunslinger from Gilead.”
**Shirley** , **gonzo** , I’m pretty sure if I comb cafepress I’ll find something I want!
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### Author:  [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/8 "2008-11-07T18:53:23Z")
[Signals](http://www.signals.com/signals/T-Shirts-Sweatshirts_1GA.html)catalog has some good ones.
I have the one that says, “Quot libros, quam breve tempus!” (So many books, so little time) and the one that says, “As Soon as I Finish this Chapter”.
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/9 "2008-11-07T19:17:56Z")
Also, the Wireless catalog.
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/10 "2008-11-07T19:18:43Z")
Not exactly book related, but still literary:
“English doesn’t borrow from other languages. It follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and rummages through their pockets for loose grammar. -Unknown”
I have this T-shirt, but my google-fu is failing me right now. I’m sure it’s available online. I thought it was from one of the two places I linked below, but maybe they’re sold out of it.
Here’s one if you like cats: [http://www.offworlddesigns.com/p-371-kitty-cat-library.aspx](http://www.offworlddesigns.com/p-371-kitty-cat-library.aspx)
Book-aholic: [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/BKHOL-p-26722.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/BKHOL-p-26722.html)
Books Open the Universe: [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/397217-BooksOpen-p-26806.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/397217-BooksOpen-p-26806.html)
Book Wyrm: [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Book-Wyrm-T-p-29024.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Book-Wyrm-T-p-29024.html)
Got Books? [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/GOTBKS-p-26723.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/GOTBKS-p-26723.html)
Poe: [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Poe-Annabel-Lee-Shirt-p-29005.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Poe-Annabel-Lee-Shirt-p-29005.html)
So Many Books, So Little Time: [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/So-Many-Books-shirt-p-29426.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/So-Many-Books-shirt-p-29426.html)
Tome Reader: [http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Tome-Reader-Shirt-p-28890.html](http://www.pegasuspublishing.com/Tome-Reader-Shirt-p-28890.html)
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### Author:  [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/11 "2008-11-07T19:32:50Z")
I like this [ornament](http://www.signals.com/signals/Item_Too-Fond-Of-Books-Ornament_HC2002_ps_srm.html) with the quotation: “She is too fond of books and it has addled her brain.” Except the quote isn’t exactly right (it should be “turned” instead of “addled”) and that bugs me.
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### Author:  [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/12 "2008-11-07T20:05:45Z")
I tell you what, I’m having the best time looking at all this stuff! Thanks guys!
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### Author:  [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-get-book-themed-clothing/471629/13 "2008-11-07T22:23:40Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#):
>
> Also, the Wireless catalog.
That was my first thought
Edward Gorey–Real Men Read!
[http://www.thewirelesscatalog.com/wireless/T-Shirts-amp-Sweatshirts\_1HA/Item\_Edward-Gorey-Shirts-Tote\_HA2512G\_ps\_cti-1HA.html](http://www.thewirelesscatalog.com/wireless/T-Shirts-amp-Sweatshirts_1HA/Item_Edward-Gorey-Shirts-Tote_HA2512G_ps_cti-1HA.html)