Borrowed in Brooklyn

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.

Or click any cell in the matrix below.

Bushwick + Williamsburgh4%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.5 shared · 6 only Bushwick · 63 only Williamsburgh
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—106453935394641404541
Central Library10—299476811109
North Brooklyn
Bushwick62—545747884
Greenpoint4595—3933414345354243
Williamsburgh399439—27403937354237
Central Brooklyn
Bedford35453327—303731293531
Crown Heights3977414030—3846424438
Flatbush466443393738—43384136
South Brooklyn
Bay Ridge41874537314643—414135
Coney Island40118353529423841—3940
Kings Highway4510842423544414139—41
Sunset Park41944337313836354041—
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

  • YellowfaceR F Kuang

    Bushwick 51 −8 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 57 −2 vs panel avg

  • Braiding sweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer

    Bushwick 51 −2 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 55 +2 vs panel avg

  • Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver

    Bushwick 51 −2 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 51 −2 vs panel avg

  • The intruderFreida McFadden

    Bushwick 51 +7 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 29 −15 vs panel avg

  • Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry

    Bushwick 51 +9 vs panel avg · Williamsburgh 29 −13 vs panel avg

More popular at Bushwick

TitleBushwickWilliamsburgh
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.AvailableDemand 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 intruderFreida McFadden
51
+7 vs panel avg
0/1
29
−15 vs panel avg
1/2
Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry
51
+9 vs panel avg
0/1
29
−13 vs panel avg
1/2

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More popular at Williamsburgh

TitleBushwickWilliamsburgh
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.AvailableDemand 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
YellowfaceR F Kuang
51
−8 vs panel avg
0/1
57
−2 vs panel avg
0/2
Braiding sweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer
51
−2 vs panel avg
0/1
55
+2 vs panel avg
0/1

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Distinctive to Bushwick

TitleBushwickWilliamsburgh
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.AvailableDemand 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
Nash fallsDavid Baldacci
51
+22 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Disability intimacy : essays on love, care, and desire
51
+43 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Be ready when the luck happens : a memoirIna Garten
51
+15 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0
The book of delightsRoss Gay
51
−2 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0
On tyranny : twenty lessons from the twentieth centuryTimothy Snyder
51
+35 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0

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Distinctive to Williamsburgh

TitleBushwickWilliamsburgh
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.AvailableDemand 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
YesteryearCaro Claire Burke
0
~ panel avg
0/0
70
~ panel avg
0/6
Crying in H Mart : a memoirMichelle Zauner
0
~ panel avg
0/0
69
+26 vs panel avg
0/4
Martyr!Kaveh Akbar
0
~ panel avg
0/0
68
+11 vs panel avg
0/5
WhistlerAnn Patchett
0
~ panel avg
0/0
65
+1 vs panel avg
0/4
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle Burden
0
~ panel avg
0/0
65
−3 vs panel avg
0/4

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