You might like this article about penis stealing witches:
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-geogra...
And this one:
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-crazy-like...
Japanese salarymen often undergo a crisis when they retire and suddenly find themselves with tons of time and nothing to do. Not exactly midlife, but it's of a similar vein.
I thought this was interesting.