What aged the best/worst?
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingA CONFESSION
Book Brief
Release year
1882
Genre
Philosophical memoir
Page count
112 pages
Blurb
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.
Selected by: Matt
Club Verdict
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 from dragons and pirate children into Tolstoy's existential breakdown. A Confession is 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, it could be one of the more discussion-heavy picks of the year.
Club Categories
Favourite lines
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingOne Fix Changes Everything
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingThe Dion Waiters Heat Check Award
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingCasting Couch Corner
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingThe Oprah Bookclub Award
Standout club pick pending discussion.
Names pendingScore
LOADING...
DAYS : HOURS : MINS : SECS
JUL 5
Member Discussion
Matt
TBD
Chooser's defense brief pending, with space for a fuller synthesis once the existential dust settles.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Matt's answer.
Favourite linesPending Matt's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Matt's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Matt's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Matt's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Matt's answer.
Alec
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Alec's answer.
Favourite linesPending Alec's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Alec's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Alec's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Alec's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Alec's answer.
Jacob
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Jacob's answer.
Favourite linesPending Jacob's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Jacob's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Jacob's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Jacob's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Jacob's answer.
Nathan
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Nathan's answer.
Favourite linesPending Nathan's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Nathan's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Nathan's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Nathan's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Nathan's answer.
Josh
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Josh's answer.
Favourite linesPending Josh's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Josh's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Josh's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Josh's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Josh's answer.
Ed
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Ed's answer.
Favourite linesPending Ed's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Ed's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Ed's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Ed's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Ed's answer.
Eric
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Eric's answer.
Favourite linesPending Eric's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Eric's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Eric's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Eric's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Eric's answer.
Oliver
TBD
Overall take and standout notes pending.
What aged the best/worst?Pending Oliver's answer.
Favourite linesPending Oliver's answer.
One Fix Changes EverythingPending Oliver's answer.
The Dion Waiters Heat Check AwardPending Oliver's answer.
Casting Couch CornerPending Oliver's answer.
The Oprah Bookclub AwardPending Oliver's answer.