Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl wrote this account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his development of logotherapy — the idea that meaning, not pleasure or power, is the primary human motivator — in just nine days in 1946. It has sold over 16 million copies and was named by the Library of Congress as one of the ten most influential books in the United States. Its core argument, that the last of the human freedoms is the freedom to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, has made it essential reading in psychology, philosophy, and leadership.