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
The wedding peopleAlison EspachBrooklyn Heights 68 +6 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 70 +8 vs panel avg
Famesick : a memoirLena DunhamBrooklyn Heights 74 +11 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 68 +5 vs panel avg
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenBrooklyn Heights 72 +4 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 68 ~ panel avg
The correspondentVirginia EvansBrooklyn Heights 77 +9 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 65 −3 vs panel avg
Wild dark shoreCharlotte McConaghyBrooklyn Heights 62 +7 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 68 +13 vs panel avg
The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran DesaiBrooklyn Heights 68 +9 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 57 −2 vs panel avg
More popular at Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | 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 | |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 59 +25 vs panel avg | 1/6 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 3/3 |
 We'll prescribe you a catSyou Ishida | 57 +40 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 −17 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 |
 PigletLottie Hazell | 51 +16 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −35 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
51 +15 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −36 vs panel avg | 1/1 | |
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More popular at Crown Heights
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | 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 | |
 On the calculation of volume. ISolvej Balle | 0 −49 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 57 +8 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Art work : on the creative lifeSally Mann | 0 −27 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +24 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid | 35 −14 vs panel avg | 3/6 | 69 +20 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 Nash fallsDavid Baldacci | 29 ~ panel avg | 1/2 | 61 +32 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas | 54 +2 vs panel avg | 1/5 | 72 +20 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
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Distinctive to Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | 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 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 sistersJonas Hassen Khemiri | 62 +6 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Ottolenghi Simple : a cookbookYotam Ottolenghi | 61 +20 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Crown Heights
| Title | Brooklyn Heights | 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 | |
 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 |
 Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +7 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 What if we get it right? : visions of climate futuresAyana Elizabeth Johnson | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 −1 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 My husband's wifeAlice Feeney | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 −2 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
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