Tolstoy turns inward and writes through a full spiritual and existential crisis, asking what gives life meaning once success, pleasure, and achievement stop feeling like enough.

A short, intense spiral into meaning, faith, dread, and Tolstoy trying to argue himself back into life. Matt's June pick is a sharp left turn — part memoir, part philosophical panic attack, and part attempt to rebuild a reason for living after fame, family, and literary success stop answering the biggest questions.

Expect a compact but heavy read full of dread, logic, faith, self-interrogation, and classic "what is the point of any of this?" energy. If it lands, could be one of the more discussion-heavy picks of the year.