Compare branches
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.
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
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenBrooklyn Heights 72 +4 vs panel avg · Coney Island 65 −3 vs panel avg
Famesick : a memoirLena DunhamBrooklyn Heights 74 +11 vs panel avg · Coney Island 62 −1 vs panel avg
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreckSophie ElmhirstBrooklyn Heights 62 +7 vs panel avg · Coney Island 57 +2 vs panel avg
More popular at Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | Coney Island | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 57 +14 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 −43 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Inside the box : how constraints make us betterDavid Epstein | 51 +20 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −31 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
51 +21 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −30 vs panel avg | 1/1 | |
 This is not about us : fictionAllegra Goodman | 51 +17 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Tom LakeAnn Patchett | 41 +5 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 0 −36 vs panel avg | 2/2 |
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More popular at Coney Island
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | Coney Island | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 On the calculation of volume. ISolvej Balle | 0 −49 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +2 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë | 33 −15 vs panel avg | 2/4 | 51 +3 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Broken countryClare Leslie Hall | 41 −8 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 57 +8 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Fourth wingRebecca Yarros | 33 −9 vs panel avg | 2/4 | 41 −1 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
 A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas | 54 +2 vs panel avg | 1/5 | 61 +9 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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Distinctive to Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | Coney Island | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 strangerAlbert Camus | 66 +16 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Mother Mary comes to meArundhati Roy | 66 +20 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The widowJohn Grisham | 66 +30 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The sistersJonas Hassen Khemiri | 62 +6 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 62 +15 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Coney Island
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | Coney Island | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 midnight libraryMatt Haig | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +5 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
 The housemaid is watchingFreida McFadden | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 +2 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 HeartwoodAmity Gaige | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Sense and sensibilityJane Austen | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 −3 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
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