Literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends five books to read this fall. From wacky “Freaky Friday”-like body swaps with poignant self-reflection to searing indictments of the American education system to not-so-distant technological futures, these books stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back. “Flip,” the latest graphic novel from Yale University alumna Ngozi Ukazu, answers: switching bodies with your crush. Harvard University professor Jarvis R. Givens’ latest history book provides a searing indictment of the American education system. Infusing AI with personalities, traversing virtual realities, and an all-too-realistic AI-driven future, Liu’s latest novel is another triumph.