Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl 1946

Devastation Rating

Emotionally Ruined
Holocaust survival meaning psychology

Our Take

Frankl survived four concentration camps including Auschwitz and wrote this account of logotherapy — the finding of meaning as a survival mechanism. The first half, the account of the camps, is one of the most austere pieces of witness literature in existence. The therapy section is the application of those observations to people who still have time to choose.

This page contains affiliate links. If you buy a book through one of these links, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Full disclosure →