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
Crying in H Mart : a memoirMichelle ZaunerWilliamsburgh 69 +26 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 68 +25 vs panel avg
Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle BurdenWilliamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 68 ~ panel avg
Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins ReidWilliamsburgh 62 +13 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 69 +20 vs panel avg
I who have never known menJacqueline HarpmanWilliamsburgh 62 +3 vs panel avg · Crown Heights 65 +6 vs panel avg
More popular at Williamsburgh
| Title | Williamsburgh | 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 | |
 PigletLottie Hazell | 55 +20 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −35 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Inside the box : how constraints make us betterDavid Epstein | 51 +20 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 0 −31 vs panel avg | 1/1 |
 Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrowGabrielle Zevin | 33 −1 vs panel avg | 2/4 | 0 −34 vs panel avg | 3/3 |
 The widowJohn Grisham | 51 +15 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 21 −15 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
 Martyr!Kaveh Akbar | 68 +11 vs panel avg | 0/5 | 41 −16 vs panel avg | 1/3 |
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More popular at Crown Heights
| Title | Williamsburgh | 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 | |
 Great big beautiful lifeEmily Henry | 29 −13 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 65 +23 vs panel avg | 0/4 |
 Fourth wingRebecca Yarros | 21 −21 vs panel avg | 2/3 | 47 +5 vs panel avg | 2/6 |
 I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally | 29 −18 vs panel avg | 1/2 | 51 +4 vs panel avg | 0/1 |
 A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas | 51 −1 vs panel avg | 0/1 | 72 +20 vs panel avg | 0/5 |
 All foursMiranda July | 0 −33 vs panel avg | 3/3 | 21 −12 vs panel avg | 2/3 |
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Distinctive to Williamsburgh
| Title | Williamsburgh | 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 sistersJonas Hassen Khemiri | 62 +6 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 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 |
62 +9 vs panel avg | 0/3 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
61 +33 vs panel avg | 0/2 | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | |
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Distinctive to Crown Heights
| Title | Williamsburgh | 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 | |
 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 |
 Nash fallsDavid Baldacci | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 61 +32 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
 On the calculation of volume. ISolvej Balle | 0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 57 +8 vs panel avg | 0/2 |
0 ~ panel avg | 0/0 | 51 +34 vs panel avg | 0/1 | |
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