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24 alternatives to Man's Search for Meaning

Great book on how to cope with suffering

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Man's Search for Meaning launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Man's Searching For Meaning▲6

   We cannot avoid suffering, but we can choose how we cope

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Man's Search for Meaning▲102

   An enduring work of Holocaust survival literature

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Man's Search For Meaning▲65

   Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's Memoir

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Happiness Trap▲63

   How to stop struggling and start living

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Man V. Nature▲148

   Stories that illuminate the complexity of human behavior

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Helpful▲118

   A new support tool for you to focus on being a helpful human

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   How to Stop Worrying and Start Living▲59

   Time tested methods for conquering worrying

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Fatherly▲169

   A practical resource for guys entering that next phase

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   F*ck Feelings▲80

   How to solve all of life's Impossible problems

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Human Condition▲71

    A classic work of social theory & the nature of human agency

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday▲76

    Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Cognitive Lode▲197

    Playbook of cognitive biases & psych research

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Art of Happiness▲65

    A handbook for living

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Life 3.0▲92

    Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Helpful▲94

    Focus on being a helpful human (pre-launch)

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age▲62

    Digital Transparence and Expository Society

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Search Inside Yourself▲68

    A Google engineer's guide to mindfulness and meditation

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Algorithms to Live By▲75

    The Computer Science of Human Decisions

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    A Field Guide to Getting Lost▲68

    A meditation on the pleasures and terrors of getting lost

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Healt▲68

    A how-to guide to understanding and disrupting healthcare

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Happiness▲69

    A guide to developing life's most important skill

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    The Tech Entrepreneur's Survival Guide: ▲61

    How to Bootstrap Your Startup, Lead Through Tough Times

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    If You Feel Too Much▲66

    Thoughts on things found and lost and hoped for

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Thinking: The New Science of Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction▲66

    Original ideas that expand understanding of human thought

    2016 · its alternatives →

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