Man's Search for Meaning

One of the ten most influential books in America. —Library of Congress/Book-of-the-Month Club “Survey of Lifetime Readers” “An enduring work of survival literature.” —The New York Times”[Man’s Search for Meaning] might well be prescribed for everyone who would understand our time.” —Journal of Individual Psychology“An inspiring document of an amazing man who was able to garner some good from an experience so abysmally bad… Highly recommended.” —Library Journal “This is a book I try to read every couple of years. It’s one of the most inspirational books ever written. What is the meaning of life? What do you have when you think you have nothing? Amazing and heartbreaking stories. This is a book that should be in everyone’s library.”—Jimmy Fallon“This is a book I reread a lot … it gives me hope … it gives me a sense of strength.” —Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360/CNN “One of the great books of our time.” —Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People“One of the outstanding contributions to psychological thought in the last fifty years.”—Carl R. Rogers (1959)

Viktor E. Frankl was professor of neurology and psychiatry at the University of Vienna Medical School until his death in 1997. His twenty-nine books have been translated into twenty-one languages. During World War II, he spent three years in Auschwitz, Dachau, and other concentration camps.

Harold S. Kushner is rabbi emeritus at Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, and the author of bestselling books including When Bad Things Happen to Good People, Living a Life That Matters, and When All You’ve Ever Wanted Isn’t Enough.

William J. Winslade is a philosopher, lawyer, and psychoanalyst who teaches psychiatry, medical ethics, and medical jurisprudence at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.