Sundry links from around the Web:

• Is this the end of the Free Library of Philadelphia?: all free libraries in the city of brotherly love could close on Oct. 2
• Dan Brown’s latest literary endeavour hits shelves today. The Globe and Mail edits Brown’s writing, slowly, and The New York Times says “Dan Brown … is bringing sexy back”
• A sentence from Michael Cunningham’s novel-in-progress, animated on The Electric Literature YouTube channel 
• Mein Kampf manga, anyone? Three controversial classics are given a manga makeover  
• Backpacker book recommendations: weighty tomes for when you’re on the road and fall reads to cozy up with