Man's Search for Meaning

A Profound Memoir of Survival, Suffering, and the Search for Meaning

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s groundbreaking memoir has captivated generations with its harrowing account of life in Nazi concentration camps and its profound lessons on resilience and purpose.

Between 1942 and 1945, Frankl endured four different camps, including Auschwitz, while tragically losing his parents, brother, and pregnant wife. Through his own suffering and the experiences of those he later treated, he developed logotherapy—a theory centered on the idea that our primary motivation in life is not pleasure, as Freud suggested, but the search for meaning.

Frankl’s message is both timeless and universal: while we cannot escape suffering, we can choose how to respond to it—by finding purpose even in the darkest moments and moving forward with renewed strength.

By the time of his passing in 1997, Man’s Search for Meaning had sold over 10 million copies in 24 languages. A 1991 Library of Congress survey ranked it among the ten most influential books in America, solidifying its place as a transformative work of philosophy and psychology.