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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
41

How Central Library compares

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Sunset Park

12% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 11 shared of 97

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Bedford

3% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 9 shared of 90

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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 bandit queens

    Parini Shroff

    0/2 available · all out · +29 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/4 available · all out · +7 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow

    Gabrielle Zevin

    0/4 available · all out · +19 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    My brilliant friend

    Elena Ferrante

    0/3 available · all out · +7 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    All fours

    Miranda July

    0/3 available · all out · +25 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    The midnight library

    Matt Haig

    0/2 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    Drive your plow over the bones of the dead

    Olga Tokarczuk

    0/2 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Normal people

    Sally Rooney

    0/2 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    0/2 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    The midnight feast

    Lucy Foley

    0/1 available · all out · +16 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Inheritance

    Nora Roberts · +40 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.

  • Korea style

    Marcia Iwatate · +34 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 bandit queens

    Parini Shroff · +29 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.

  • Nightshade

    Michael Connelly · +27 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.

  • All fours

    Miranda July · +25 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.

  • Gone before goodbye

    Reese Witherspoon · +22 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 · +19 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 feast

    Lucy Foley · +16 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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