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.

Coney Island + Bedford29%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.29 shared · 31 only Coney Island · 25 only Bedford
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

More popular at Coney Island

TitleConey IslandBedford
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
0
−44 vs panel avg
1/1
A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas
61
+9 vs panel avg
0/2
29
−23 vs panel avg
1/2
Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
57
+2 vs panel avg
0/2
29
−26 vs panel avg
1/2
Heart the loverLily King
65
−2 vs panel avg
0/4
49
−18 vs panel avg
1/4
Wild dark shoreCharlotte McConaghy
57
+2 vs panel avg
0/2
51
−4 vs panel avg
0/1

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More popular at Bedford

TitleConey IslandBedford
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
All foursMiranda July
0
−33 vs panel avg
2/2
51
+18 vs panel avg
0/1
This is not about us : fictionAllegra Goodman
0
−34 vs panel avg
1/1
51
+17 vs panel avg
0/1
Obsessed with the best : 100+ methodically perfected recipes : based on 20+ head-to-head testsElla Quittner
0
−42 vs panel avg
1/1
51
+9 vs panel avg
0/1
The womenKristin Hannah
25
−31 vs panel avg
2/3
57
+1 vs panel avg
0/2
Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler
29
−17 vs panel avg
1/2
57
+11 vs panel avg
0/2

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Distinctive to Coney Island

TitleConey IslandBedford
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 midnight libraryMatt Haig
62
+5 vs panel avg
0/3
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Martyr!Kaveh Akbar
57
~ panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0
TrustHernán Díaz
57
+2 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë
51
−3 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0
The seven husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid
51
−7 vs panel avg
0/1
0
~ panel avg
0/0

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Distinctive to Bedford

TitleConey IslandBedford
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 book of delightsRoss Gay
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+4 vs panel avg
0/2
Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+3 vs panel avg
0/2
Things in nature merely growYiyun Li
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+4 vs panel avg
0/2
Food personAdam D Roberts
0
~ panel avg
0/0
55
+42 vs panel avg
0/1
I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally
0
~ panel avg
0/0
55
+8 vs panel avg
0/1

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