Borderlands Books

An intriguing and delightfully exotic bookstore, where wandering the shelves feels like a quiet little journey. Absolutely loved the experience.

This is my favorite bookshop in the city. The back has an enormous selection of fantasy and sci-fi. There are rare and signed books behind the counter. They will show them to you if you ask nicely! It was so cool to see some of my favorite authors handwriting! I could live here if it weren’t for the annoying doorbell sound.

Borderlands is exactly my type of bookstore. With a focus on horror, fantasy, sci fi, mystery... It's all the fun stuff! The staff were extremely helpful. I heard them giving several book recommendations of niche fiction as I was browsing. They are friendly, funny, and passionate. I picked up H.P. Lovecraft in the style of Dr. Seuss and Dracula illustrated by Edward Gorey. They also had several copies of every book in the Dune series, and several editions of nearly every Tolkien book. And of course, countless other more specialized interests. I wish I lived nearby. This is a bookstore I could spend a lot of time in, because almost every book is something I would legitimately want to read.

I never write reviews but when you find a store that is your exact style, you have to. Such a cozy wonderful place full of beautiful covers of so many books I’ll never have the time to read, but I will happily buy. The people running the store were friendly and gave great recommendations. Such a pleasant surprise compared to elite "literary" bookstores. I just left and I already want to go back.

Wow what a highlight of my visit! Alan and Jeremy were working when I came in looking for a recommendation and they were so kind and enthusiastic to help me. Alan didn’t just point me to an area, he walked over and grabbed options from shelves, shared quotes from the books, and really listened to what I was looking for to help me narrow down a pick. I then spent another 40 minutes chatting with Jeremy and picking out 5 more 🥰 I am so glad this haven exists and sad I’m not close enough to come here all the time.

If only I could award more stars. The selection is great and and unexpected variety. But the highlight was Jeremy, who was very enthusiastic about finding the right book for me. I'm so excited to read my new books, I never would have found without him. Even if I didn't want to go back to look at books, I would go back to talk to Jeremy about them.

Hands down the best selection of used sci-fi/fantasy books in the greater Bay Area. Condition of the books was excellent. Staff was very helpful.