Waldenbooks
| Waldenbooks | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | March 4, 1933 in Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| Founder | Lawrence Hoyt Melvin Kafka |
| Defunct | July 18, 2011 |
| Fate | Liquidation as a result of bankruptcy of the Borders Group |
| Headquarters | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
Number of locations | 1 |
Area served | United States |
| Products | Books, magazines, comic books, maps, calendars, gift cards |
| Parent | Borders |
| Website | waldenbooks.com at the Wayback Machine (archived September 28, 2002) |
Walden Book Company, Inc., doing business as Waldenbooks, was an American shopping mall-based bookstore chain and a subsidiary of Borders. The chain also ran a video game and software chain under the name Waldensoftware, as well as a children's educational toy chain under Walden Kids. In 2011, the chain was liquidated in bankruptcy.