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
Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins ReidCrown Heights 69 +20 vs panel avg · Kings Highway 69 +20 vs panel avg
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenCrown Heights 68 ~ panel avg · Kings Highway 70 +2 vs panel avg
Great big beautiful lifeEmily HenryCrown Heights 65 +23 vs panel avg · Kings Highway 61 +19 vs panel avg
More popular at Crown Heights
| Title | Crown Heights | Kings Highway | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 +34 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −17 vs panel avg | 1/1 | |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 51 +5 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −46 vs panel avg | 3/3 |
 Broken countryClare Leslie Hall | 51 +2 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 21 −28 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 I'm glad my mom diedJennette McCurdy | 51 +11 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 21 −19 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 51 +4 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 21 −26 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
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More popular at Kings Highway
| Title | Crown Heights | Kings Highway | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 3/3 | 45 +11 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
 The widowJohn Grisham | 21 −15 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 62 +26 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 NightshadeMichael Connelly | 0 −12 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 41 +29 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
 All foursMiranda July | 21 −12 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 49 +16 vs panel avg | 1/4 |
 Fourth wingRebecca Yarros | 47 +5 vs panel avg | 2/6 | 72 +30 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
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Distinctive to Crown Heights
| Title | Crown Heights | Kings Highway | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 68 +25 vs panel avg | 0/5 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Our perfect stormCarley Fortune | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë | 61 +7 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 What if we get it right? : visions of climate futuresAyana Elizabeth Johnson | 51 −1 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Something from nothingAlison Roman | 51 ~ panel avg | 0/1 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Kings Highway
| Title | Crown Heights | Kings Highway | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Never lieFreida McFadden | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 65 +11 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbellyAnthony Bourdain | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 None of this is trueLisa Jewell | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +9 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Taiwan travelogueShuangzi Yang | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +7 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 The sistersJonas Hassen Khemiri | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +1 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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