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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.
Coney Island + Sunset Park40%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.39 shared · 21 only Coney Island · 24 only Sunset Park
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
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenConey Island 65 −3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 −3 vs panel avg
More popular at Coney Island
| Title | Coney Island | Sunset Park | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas | 61 +9 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 21 −31 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 Nash fallsDavid Baldacci | 29 ~ panel avg | 1/2 | 0 −29 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
The correspondentVirginia Evans | 68 ~ panel avg | 0/5 | 57 −11 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Wild dark shoreCharlotte McConaghy | 57 +2 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 51 −4 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
57 +2 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 51 −4 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
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More popular at Sunset Park
| Title | Coney Island | Sunset Park | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 All foursMiranda July | 0 −33 vs panel avg | 2/2 | 57 +24 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Crying in H Mart : a memoirMichelle Zauner | 0 −43 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +8 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 |
 Inside the box : how constraints make us betterDavid Epstein | 0 −31 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +20 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid | 21 −28 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 65 +16 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
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Distinctive to Coney Island
| Title | Coney Island | Sunset Park | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
 Sister outsider : essays and speechesAudre Lorde | 51 ~ panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Sense and sensibilityJane Austen | 51 −3 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 HeartwoodAmity Gaige | 51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The prophetKahlil Gibran | 51 +34 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Sunset Park
| Title | Coney Island | Sunset Park | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +7 vs panel avg | 0/3 | |
 Big SwissJen Beagin | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +10 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +14 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 The strangerAlbert Camus | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +11 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +3 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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