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BPL · Flatbush · Central Brooklyn · est. 1905

Flatbush

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

About this branch

Carnegie library on Linden Boulevard, opened in 1905 to serve Brooklyn's then-rapidly-growing southern neighborhoods.

Opened
1905
Neighborhood
Flatbush
Region
Central Brooklyn
Tracked here
67

How Flatbush compares

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Brooklyn Heights

46% normalized overlap on adult demand · 47 shared of 90

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Bushwick

4% normalized overlap on adult demand · 5 shared of 73

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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
    Yesteryear

    Caro Claire Burke

    0/8 available · all out · +4 vs panel avg
  2. 2
    The correspondent

    Virginia Evans

    0/6 available · all out · +2 vs panel avg
  3. 3
    All fours

    Miranda July

    0/4 available · all out · +36 vs panel avg
  4. 4
    Yellowface

    R F Kuang

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

    Ann Patchett

    0/4 available · all out · +1 vs panel avg
  1. 6
    The loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

    Kiran Desai

    0/4 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  2. 7
    The wedding people

    Alison Espach

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

    Kristin Hannah

    0/3 available · all out · +6 vs panel avg
  4. 9
    Famesick : a memoir

    Lena Dunham

    0/3 available · all out · −1 vs panel avg
  5. 10
    Martyr!

    Kaveh Akbar

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

Unusually squeezed here

  • All fours

    Miranda July · +36 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.

  • Nobody's girl : a memoir of surviving abuse and fighting for justice

    Virginia Roberts Giuffre · +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.

  • Boustany : a celebration of vegetables from my Palestine

    Sami Tamimi · +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.

  • Orbital

    Samantha Harvey · +21 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.

  • Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater things

    Adam Grant · +21 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.

  • Perfection

    Vincenzo Latronico · +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.

  • First lie wins

    Ashley Elston · +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.

  • The widow

    John Grisham · +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.

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