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 ReidSunset Park 65 +16 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 69 +20 vs panel avg
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenSunset Park 65 −3 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 68 ~ panel avg
I who have never known menJacqueline HarpmanSunset Park 57 −2 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 65 +6 vs panel avg
More popular at Sunset Park
| Title | Sunset Park | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Inside the box : how constraints make us betterDavid Epstein | 51 +20 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −31 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
51 +15 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −36 vs panel avg | 1/1 | |
 All foursMiranda July | 57 +24 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 21 −12 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 29 −5 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 3/3 |
YesteryearCaro Claire Burke | 72 +2 vs panel avg | 0/7 | 59 −11 vs panel avg | 1/6 |
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More popular at Crown Heights
| Title | Sunset Park | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Nash fallsDavid Baldacci | 0 −29 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 61 +32 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas | 21 −31 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 72 +20 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
 Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry | 29 −13 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 65 +23 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 The widowJohn Grisham | 0 −36 vs panel avg | 2/2 | 21 −15 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 33 −13 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 51 +5 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
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Distinctive to Sunset Park
| Title | Sunset Park | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Big SwissJen Beagin | 62 +10 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
62 +7 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
 The strangerAlbert Camus | 61 +11 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The midnight libraryMatt Haig | 57 ~ panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 57 +3 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Crown Heights
| Title | Sunset Park | Crown Heights | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 The womenKristin Hannah | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +6 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Our perfect stormCarley Fortune | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 The dungeon anarchist's cookbookMatt Dinniman | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +17 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +7 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 LázárNelio Biedermann | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +2 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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