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.

Williamsburgh + Sunset Park37%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.39 shared · 29 only Williamsburgh · 24 only Sunset Park
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—106453935394641404541
Central Library10—299476811109
North Brooklyn
Bushwick62—545747884
Greenpoint4595—3933414345354243
Williamsburgh399439—27403937354237
Central Brooklyn
Bedford35453327—303731293531
Crown Heights3977414030—3846424438
Flatbush466443393738—43384136
South Brooklyn
Bay Ridge41874537314643—414135
Coney Island40118353529423841—3940
Kings Highway4510842423544414139—41
Sunset Park41944337313836354041—
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

  • YesteryearCaro Claire Burke

    Williamsburgh 70 ~ panel avg · Sunset Park 72 +2 vs panel avg

  • Heart the loverLily King

    Williamsburgh 65 −2 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 68 +1 vs panel avg

  • WhistlerAnn Patchett

    Williamsburgh 65 +1 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 +1 vs panel avg

  • Strangers : a memoir of marriageBelle Burden

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

  • The wedding peopleAlison Espach

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

  • Atmosphere : a love storyTaylor Jenkins Reid

    Williamsburgh 62 +13 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 +16 vs panel avg

  • Famesick : a memoirLena Dunham

    Williamsburgh 62 −1 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 65 +2 vs panel avg

  • Big SwissJen Beagin

    Williamsburgh 62 +10 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 62 +10 vs panel avg

  • The correspondentVirginia Evans

    Williamsburgh 65 −3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 57 −11 vs panel avg

  • I who have never known menJacqueline Harpman

    Williamsburgh 62 +3 vs panel avg · Sunset Park 57 −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
59
+29 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−30 vs panel avg
1/1
The widowJohn Grisham
51
+15 vs panel avg
0/1
0
−36 vs panel avg
2/2
A court of thorns and rosesSarah J Maas
51
−1 vs panel avg
0/1
21
−31 vs panel avg
2/3
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murderDavid Grann
51
+18 vs panel avg
0/1
29
−4 vs panel avg
1/2
Crying in H Mart : a memoirMichelle Zauner
69
+26 vs panel avg
0/4
51
+8 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
All foursMiranda July
0
−33 vs panel avg
3/3
57
+24 vs panel avg
0/2
I regret almost everything : a memoirKeith McNally
29
−18 vs panel avg
1/2
61
+14 vs panel avg
0/2
The intruderFreida McFadden
29
−15 vs panel avg
1/2
57
+13 vs panel avg
0/2
Project Hail MaryAndy Weir
57
+2 vs panel avg
0/2
68
+13 vs panel avg
0/5
The art of spending money : simple choices for a richer lifeMorgan Housel
51
+1 vs panel avg
0/1
61
+11 vs panel avg
0/2

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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
One hundred years of solitudeGabriel García Márquez
62
+11 vs panel avg
0/3
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Babel, or, the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford translators' revolutionR F Kuang
62
+9 vs panel avg
0/3
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Justine cooks : recipes (mostly plants) for finding your way in the kitchenJustine Doiron
61
+33 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Art work : on the creative lifeSally Mann
61
+34 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë
57
+3 vs panel avg
0/2
0
~ panel avg
0/0

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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
Good inside : a guide to becoming the parent you want to beBecky Kennedy
0
~ panel avg
0/0
62
+7 vs panel avg
0/3
The strangerAlbert Camus
0
~ panel avg
0/0
61
+11 vs panel avg
0/2
Maybe you should talk to someone : a therapist, her therapist, and our lives revealedLori Gottlieb
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+1 vs panel avg
0/2
Rejection : fictionTony Tulathimutte
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+3 vs panel avg
0/2
The three-body problemCixin Liu
0
~ panel avg
0/0
57
+4 vs panel avg
0/2

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