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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.
Flatbush + Kings Highway41%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.42 shared · 25 only Flatbush · 26 only Kings Highway
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
The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran DesaiFlatbush 65 +6 vs panel avg · Kings Highway 65 +6 vs panel avg
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenFlatbush 62 −6 vs panel avg · Kings Highway 70 +2 vs panel avg
More popular at Flatbush
| Title | Flatbush | 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 | |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 49 +3 vs panel avg | 1/4 | 0 −46 vs panel avg | 3/3 |
 Broken countryClare Leslie Hall | 57 +8 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 21 −28 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 Martyr!Kaveh Akbar | 62 +5 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 41 −16 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
 All foursMiranda July | 69 +36 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 49 +16 vs panel avg | 1/4 |
61 +6 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 51 −4 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
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More popular at Kings Highway
| Title | Flatbush | 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 | |
 Taiwan travelogueShuangzi Yang | 0 −50 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 57 +7 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Nash fallsDavid Baldacci | 0 −29 vs panel avg | 2/2 | 54 +25 vs panel avg | 1/5 |
 Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid | 16 −33 vs panel avg | 3/4 | 69 +20 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 This is not about us : fictionAllegra Goodman | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +17 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 The dungeon anarchist's cookbookMatt Dinniman | 0 −45 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +6 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
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Distinctive to Flatbush
| Title | Flatbush | 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 | |
 First lie winsAshley Elston | 57 +16 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
57 +1 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
 Our perfect stormCarley Fortune | 57 +3 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 My brilliant friendElena Ferrante | 57 +3 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 OrbitalSamantha Harvey | 57 +21 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Kings Highway
| Title | Flatbush | 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 |
 Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +19 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +4 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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