Borrowed in Brooklyn

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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.

Or click any cell in the matrix below.

Selected pair: Williamsburgh and Sunset Park have a 42% weighted overlap on adult demand pressure (39 titles tracked at both, 91 at either).

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—1042493834405148365042
Central Library10—991237121081012
North Brooklyn
Bushwick429—353232323941353535
Greenpoint49935—4241474850354050
Williamsburgh38123242—32414340384442
Central Brooklyn
Bedford343324132—313839333537
Crown Heights40732474131—4449424444
Flatbush51123948433844—47354642
South Brooklyn
Bay Ridge4810415040394947—394247
Coney Island36835353833423539—3735
Kings Highway50103540443544464237—40
Sunset Park4212355042374442473540—
How this works

Each cell is a weighted overlap: across every adult title tracked at either branch, we compare the lower and higher branch demand-pressure values, then divide the sum of shared pressure by the sum of combined pressure. Books with strong demand at both branches count more; books strong at only one branch lower the overlap. Diagonals are self-matches (—). Branches are grouped by region (North / Central / South Brooklyn) for readability, and only the lower triangle is shown since the matrix is symmetric. 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.

Tracked at both
39
Tracked only at Williamsburgh
27
Tracked only at Sunset Park
25
Weighted overlapWeighted overlap compares demand pressure across the books tracked by either branch. For each book, we take the lower and higher branch demand-pressure values across the two branches and divide the sum of shared pressure by the sum of combined pressure. Books with strong demand at both branches count more; books strong at only one branch lower overlap. 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.
42%
Higher pressure at Williamsburgh
5
Higher pressure at Sunset Park
5

Shared titles

  • YesteryearCaro Claire Burke

    Williamsburgh 68 −2 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 72 +2 vs panel avg

  • Martyr!Kaveh Akbar

    Williamsburgh 69 +7 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 68 +6 vs panel avg

  • The correspondentVirginia Evans

    Williamsburgh 70 +3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 −2 vs panel avg

  • Heart the loverLily King

    Williamsburgh 65 −4 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 68 −1 vs panel avg

  • Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle Burden

    Williamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 −3 vs panel avg

  • Famesick : a memoirLena Dunham

    Williamsburgh 62 −3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 ~ panel avg

  • Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid

    Williamsburgh 66 +5 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 57 −4 vs panel avg

  • The wedding peopleAlison Espach

    Williamsburgh 65 ~ panel avg · Sunset Park 57 −8 vs panel avg

  • My friendsFredrik Backman

    Williamsburgh 62 +3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 57 −2 vs panel avg

  • I who have never known menJacqueline Harpman

    Williamsburgh 57 −3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 62 +2 vs panel avg

More popular at Williamsburgh

TitleWilliamsburghSunset Park
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.AvailableDemand 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
Hidden potential : the science of achieving greater thingsAdam Grant
51
+28 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−23 vs panel avg
1/1
The intruderFreida McFadden
57
+13 vs panel avg
0/2
29
−15 vs panel avg
1/2
The art of spending money : simple choices for a richer lifeMorgan Housel
51
+12 vs panel avg
0/1
29
−10 vs panel avg
1/2
A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas
51
−5 vs panel avg
0/1
33
−23 vs panel avg
2/4
Broken countryClare Leslie Hall
62
+5 vs panel avg
0/3
51
−6 vs panel avg
0/1

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More popular at Sunset Park

TitleWilliamsburghSunset Park
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.AvailableDemand 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
Long Island compromiseTaffy Brodesser-Akner
0
−24 vs panel avg
1/1
51
+27 vs panel avg
0/1
Good things : recipes and rituals to share with people you loveSamin Nosrat
0
−36 vs panel avg
1/1
51
+15 vs panel avg
0/1
Atomic habits : tiny changes, remarkable results : an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad onesJames Clear
0
−52 vs panel avg
1/1
51
−3 vs panel avg
0/1
Parable of the sowerOctavia E Butler
29
−17 vs panel avg
1/2
49
+3 vs panel avg
1/4
Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
51
−10 vs panel avg
0/1
65
+4 vs panel avg
0/4

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Distinctive to Williamsburgh

TitleWilliamsburghSunset Park
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.AvailableDemand 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
IntermezzoSally Rooney
70
+26 vs panel avg
1/7
54
+10 vs panel avg
1/5
One hundred years of solitudeGabriel García Márquez
62
+11 vs panel avg
0/3
51
~ panel avg
0/1
Babel, or, the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolutionR F Kuang
62
+9 vs panel avg
0/3
51
−2 vs panel avg
0/1
Kitchen confidential : adventures in the culinary underbellyAnthony Bourdain
57
+2 vs panel avg
0/2
51
−4 vs panel avg
0/1
The wind-up bird chronicleHaruki Murakami
57
+7 vs panel avg
0/2
51
+1 vs panel avg
0/1

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Distinctive to Sunset Park

TitleWilliamsburghSunset Park
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.AvailableDemand 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 strangerAlbert Camus
0
~ panel avg
0/0
66
+11 vs panel avg
0/3
Big SwissJen Beagin
62
+4 vs panel avg
0/3
66
+8 vs panel avg
0/3
Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealedLori Gottlieb
57
+1 vs panel avg
0/2
66
+10 vs panel avg
0/3
Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte
62
+25 vs panel avg
0/3
29
−8 vs panel avg
1/2
Good inside : a guide to becoming the parent you want to beBecky Kennedy
0
~ panel avg
0/0
62
+8 vs panel avg
0/3

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