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
The correspondentVirginia EvansWilliamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 77 +9 vs panel avg
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenWilliamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 72 +4 vs panel avg
The wedding peopleAlison EspachWilliamsburgh 65 +3 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 68 +6 vs panel avg
Famesick : a memoirLena DunhamWilliamsburgh 62 −1 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 74 +11 vs panel avg
The sistersJonas Hassen KhemiriWilliamsburgh 62 +6 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 62 +6 vs panel avg
The loneliness of Sonia and SunnyKiran DesaiWilliamsburgh 57 −2 vs panel avg · Brooklyn Heights 68 +9 vs panel avg
More popular at Williamsburgh
| Title | Williamsburgh | Brooklyn 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 | |
 Art work : on the creative lifeSally Mann | 61 +34 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 −27 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid | 62 +13 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 35 −14 vs panel avg | 3/6 |
51 +18 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 29 −4 vs panel avg | 1/2 | |
 Broken countryClare Leslie Hall | 62 +13 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 41 −8 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
 Crying in H Mart : a memoirMichelle Zauner | 69 +26 vs panel avg | 0/4 | 57 +14 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
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More popular at Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Williamsburgh | Brooklyn 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 | |
 All foursMiranda July | 0 −33 vs panel avg | 3/3 | 39 +6 vs panel avg | 3/6 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 29 −18 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 62 +15 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Start here : instructions for becoming a better cookSohla El-Waylly | 0 −30 vs panel avg | 1/1 | 29 −1 vs panel avg | 1/2 |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 33 −1 vs panel avg | 2/4 | 59 +25 vs panel avg | 1/6 |
 Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler | 41 −5 vs panel avg | 1/3 | 65 +19 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
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Distinctive to Williamsburgh
| Title | Williamsburgh | Brooklyn 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 |
 One hundred years of solitudeGabriel García Márquez | 62 +11 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
62 +9 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
61 +33 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
 Tender is the fleshAgustina María Bazterrica | 57 +5 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 |
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Distinctive to Brooklyn Heights
| Title | Williamsburgh | Brooklyn 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 | |
 Mother Mary comes to meArundhati Roy | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 66 +20 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 The strangerAlbert Camus | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 66 +16 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 65 +10 vs panel avg | 0/4 | |
 OrbitalSamantha Harvey | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +26 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
 Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 62 +8 vs panel avg | 0/3 |
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