Borderlands Books is a San Francisco independent bookstore specializing exclusively in science fiction, fantasy and horror.

[6] In November 2017, Borderlands Books purchased 1377 Haight St. in San Francisco from Recycled Records, which is slated to become its new permanent home.

[7] The store makes appearances at horror and science-fiction conventions,[8] and has hosted numerous events with authors and other genre visitors including Lou Anders,[9] Chris Roberson, John Varley,[10] Jacqueline Carey,[11] John Picacio,[12] Graham Joyce,[13] Patricia McKillip, Paolo Bacigalupi[14] David Drake,[15] Randall Munroe,[16] Steven Erikson,[17] and Cory Doctorow.

[18] Borderlands also hosted Tachyon Publications' anniversary party between 2001 and 2011 with the associated Emperor Norton Awards, given for “extraordinary invention and creativity unhindered by the constraints of paltry reason”.

[24] In June 2020, allegations that Beatts had committed physical and sexual assault, made violent threats, and engaged in an abusive "pattern of behavior" were publicized on social media and became the subject of genre and local reporting.