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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.
Williamsburgh + Bedford27%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.32 shared · 36 only Williamsburgh · 22 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 | — | 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 BurdenWilliamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg · Bedford 68 ~ panel avg
I who have never known menJacqueline HarpmanWilliamsburgh 62 +3 vs panel avg · Bedford 57 −2 vs panel avg
The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran DesaiWilliamsburgh 57 −2 vs panel avg · Bedford 62 +3 vs panel avg
More popular at Williamsburgh
| Title | Williamsburgh | Bedford | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 69 +26 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 0 −43 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Long Island compromiseTaffy Brodesser-Akner | 51 +24 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −27 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 The widowJohn Grisham | 51 +15 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −36 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 33 −1 vs panel avg | 2/4 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 The intruderFreida McFadden | 29 −15 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 0 −44 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
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More popular at Bedford
| Title | Williamsburgh | Bedford | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 3/3 | 51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 The backyard bird chroniclesAmy Tan | 0 −11 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 51 +40 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Fourth wingRebecca Yarros | 21 −21 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 51 +9 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 29 −18 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 55 +8 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 41 −5 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 57 +11 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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Distinctive to Williamsburgh
| Title | Williamsburgh | Bedford | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
 Martyr!Kaveh Akbar | 68 +11 vs panel avg | 0/5 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The wedding peopleAlison Espach | 65 +3 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 Big SwissJen Beagin | 62 +10 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 One hundred years of solitudeGabriel García Márquez | 62 +11 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
 The sistersJonas Hassen Khemiri | 62 +6 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Bedford
| Title | Williamsburgh | Bedford | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
 Food personAdam D Roberts | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 55 +42 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 +3 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 There's always this year : on basketball and ascensionHanif Abdurraqib | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 +36 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
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