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Pick any two of the 12 tracked BPL branches to see what they share, what each over-indexes on, and how their adult-fiction tastes diverge.
Bedford + Crown Heights30%normalized overlapNormalized overlap: first ranks each branch's fresh tracked titles by demand pressure and converts those ranks to within-branch percentiles. It then divides the sum of the lower percentiles by the sum of the higher percentiles across titles tracked at either branch. A missing title counts as zero observed signal. This compares relative demand without letting one branch's raw score range dominate.30 shared · 24 only Bedford · 33 only Crown Heights
Color scaleVery different (0–20%)Some overlap (21–40%)Fairly similar (41–60%)Very similar (61%+)
Brooklyn Heights | Central Library | Bushwick | Greenpoint | Williamsburgh | Bedford | Crown Heights | Flatbush | Bay Ridge | Coney Island | Kings Highway | Sunset Park | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central / Downtown | ||||||||||||
| Brooklyn Heights | — | 10 | 6 | 45 | 39 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 41 |
| Central Library | 10 | — | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
| North Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bushwick | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Greenpoint | 45 | 9 | 5 | — | 39 | 33 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 35 | 42 | 43 |
| Williamsburgh | 39 | 9 | 4 | 39 | — | 27 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 35 | 42 | 37 |
| Central Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bedford | 35 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | — | 30 | 37 | 31 | 29 | 35 | 31 |
| Crown Heights | 39 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 40 | 30 | — | 38 | 46 | 42 | 44 | 38 |
| Flatbush | 46 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 39 | 37 | 38 | — | 43 | 38 | 41 | 36 |
| South Brooklyn | ||||||||||||
| Bay Ridge | 41 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 37 | 31 | 46 | 43 | — | 41 | 41 | 35 |
| Coney Island | 40 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 42 | 38 | 41 | — | 39 | 40 |
| Kings Highway | 45 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 42 | 35 | 44 | 41 | 41 | 39 | — | 41 |
| Sunset Park | 41 | 9 | 4 | 43 | 37 | 31 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 40 | 41 | — |
How this works
Each cell is a normalized overlap. We rank every fresh title by demand pressure within its own branch, convert those ranks to percentiles, then compare the lower and higher percentiles across titles tracked at either branch. This puts every branch on the same relative scale. A title missing from one branch counts as zero observed signal. Diagonals are self-matches (—). Branches are grouped by region (North / Central / South Brooklyn) for readability. The matrix is symmetric, so both directions show the same value. If a book isn’t in one branch’s tracked pool, that side counts as no observed signal — not proof of zero real-world demand.
Shared titles
I who have never known menJacqueline HarpmanBedford 57 −2 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 65 +6 vs panel avg
The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran DesaiBedford 62 +3 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 57 −2 vs panel avg
More popular at Bedford
| Title | Bedford | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 PerfectionVincenzo Latronico | 51 +19 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −32 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 All foursMiranda July | 51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 21 −12 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
WhistlerAnn Patchett | 62 −2 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 54 −10 vs panel avg | 1/5 |
YesteryearCaro Claire Burke | 65 −5 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 59 −11 vs panel avg | 1/6 |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 57 +11 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 51 +5 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
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More popular at Crown Heights
| Title | Bedford | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 Crying in H Mart : a memoirMichelle Zauner | 0 −43 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 68 +25 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
 The intruderFreida McFadden | 0 −44 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 49 +5 vs panel avg | 1/4 |
 A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas | 29 −23 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 72 +20 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
 Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid | 41 −8 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 69 +20 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 Project Hail MaryAndy Weir | 29 −26 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 57 +2 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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Distinctive to Bedford
| Title | Bedford | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 Things in nature merely growYiyun Li | 57 +4 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 57 +3 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The book of delightsRoss Gay | 57 +4 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Food personAdam D Roberts | 55 +42 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 There's always this year : on basketball and ascensionHanif Abdurraqib | 51 +36 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Crown Heights
| Title | Bedford | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | Demand pressureBranch demand pressure: bounded 0–100 index combining scarcity (up to 80 pts when 0/N copies are on shelf) and recent movement (capped at 20). When public holds coverage is high enough across comparable books, scarcity is rebalanced to 0–65 and a 0–20 holds component is added. | Available | |
 The wedding peopleAlison Espach | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 70 +8 vs panel avg | 0/6 |
 Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 65 +23 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 Our perfect stormCarley Fortune | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 The dungeon anarchist's cookbookMatt Dinniman | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +17 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Nash fallsDavid Baldacci | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +32 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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