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BPL · Grand Army Plaza · Central / Downtown · est. 1941

Central Library

What is Central Library reading? These rankings come from public BPL catalog availability signals at this branch alone. How we measure popularity →

About this branch

Brooklyn Public Library's flagship at Grand Army Plaza. The current Art Deco building opened in 1941 and houses the system's largest research collection.

Opened
1941
Neighborhood
Grand Army Plaza
Region
Central / Downtown
Tracked here
39

How Central Library compares

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Coney Island

11% normalized overlap on adult demand · 11 shared of 88

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Bushwick

2% normalized overlap on adult demand · 1 shared of 49

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Most in-demand here

Availability-derivedAvailability-derived: public hold counts are too inconsistent across comparable titles to fold in. This ranking is based on shelf availability and movement only. Missing holds are never treated as zero.
  1. 1
    The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/4 available · all out · +7 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The midnight library

    Matt Haig

    0/3 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    My brilliant friend

    Elena Ferrante

    0/3 available · all out · +8 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    0/2 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    Normal people

    Sally Rooney

    0/2 available · all out · +3 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Drive your plow over the bones of the dead

    Olga Tokarczuk

    0/2 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    I found this funny : my favorite pieces of humor and some that may not be funny at all

    Unknown author

    0/1 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  3. 8
    Trust

    Hernán Díaz

    0/1 available · all out · −4 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Demon Copperhead

    Barbara Kingsolver

    0/1 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    None of this is true

    Lisa Jewell

    0/1 available · all out · −2 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

    David Grann · +23 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Persuasion

    Jane Austen · +15 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin · +15 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • Tom Lake

    Ann Patchett · +15 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • The city and its uncertain walls

    Haruki Murakami · +14 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • My brilliant friend

    Elena Ferrante · +8 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid · +7 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

  • The midnight library

    Matt Haig · +5 vs panel avgOver-index: this branch's demand pressure for the title minus the average pressure across ALL tracked branches that carry the title (this branch included). Branches that don't carry the title are excluded so non-coverage doesn't artificially inflate distinctiveness. Positive = unusually in demand here.

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