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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
23

How Central Library compares

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Williamsburgh

10% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 8 shared of 55

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Sunset Park

2% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure · 3 shared of 56

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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
    My brilliant friend

    Elena Ferrante

    0/4 available · all out · +8 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo

    Taylor Jenkins Reid

    0/3 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    The Martian

    Andy Weir

    0/2 available · all out · +1 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    The women

    Kristin Hannah

    0/2 available · all out · +7 vs panel avg
  5. 5
    The bandit queens

    Parini Shroff

    0/2 available · all out · +11 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    Normal people

    Sally Rooney

    0/2 available · all out · ~ panel avg
  2. 7
    The midnight library

    Matt Haig

    0/2 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  3. 8
    Tell me everything

    Elizabeth Strout

    0/2 available · all out · +41 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Drive your plow over the bones of the dead

    Olga Tokarczuk

    0/2 available · all out · +5 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Fun home : a family tragicomic

    Alison Bechdel

    0/1 available · all out · +20 vs panel avg

Unusually squeezed here

  • Tell me everything

    Elizabeth Strout · +41 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.

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

    David Grann · +37 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 Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

    David Grann · +30 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.

  • Fun home : a family tragicomic

    Alison Bechdel · +20 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.

  • First lie wins

    Ashley Elston · +18 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 · +11 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 women

    Kristin Hannah · +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.

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