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The Best Coffee Mugs for Book Lovers

To celebrate Book Riot’s second birthday on Monday, we’re running some of our favorite posts from our first two years. ____________________________ Wake up, fuel up, and READ ALL THE BOOKS after you’ve caffeinated with these awesome mugs for book lovers. More to recommend? Drop a link to your favorites in the comments. Harvard Bookstore’s “Caution: Hot. And literate.” says it all. caution hot and literate coffee mug   Reading is my super power. A-yup. reading is my super power mug     Great advice from Dear Sugar at The Rumpus: write like a motherfucker. write like a motherfucker mug   Write drunk, edit sober. This mug wil hold your morning coffee and your afternoon whiskey. write drunk edit sober mug     Thou art a “beetled-headed, flap-ear’d knave,” at least before the first cup. Wake up with this Shakespearean insults mug. shakespearean insults mug   Everything tastes better in a banned books mug. banned books mug     Great vocabulary didn’t save the Thesaurus from extinction. Hah! thesaurus mug     Never lose your place with this bookmark mug. bookmark mug   This adorable hand-painted mug declares, “I like big books and I cannot lie.” i like big books and I cannot lie mug     From the awesome Strand Bookstore in New York comes a “Keep calm and read a book” mug. keep calm and read a book mug   You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love this Mr. Darcy proposal mug.

mr darcy proposal mug

The Penguin Classics mug is a classic indeed.

penguin classics mug

From Malaprop’s Bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina, choose an Eat, Sleep, Read or Peace, Love, Books mug.

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Keep it simple with a READ mug.

READ mug

Go away, I’m reading.

go away i'm reading mug

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