Karl May

Karl Friedrich May was a German writer best known for his adventure novels set in the American Old West. His main protagonists are Winnetou and Old Shatterhand. May set similar books in the Orient and Middle East (in which the main protagonists were Kara Ben Nemsi and Hadschi Halef Omar), Latin America and Germany. May also wrote poetry, a play, and composed music; he was a proficient player of several musical instruments. Many of his works were adapted for film, stage, audio dramas and comics. Later in his career, May turned to philosophical and spiritual genres. He is one of the best-selling German writers of all time, with about 200 million copies worldwide.

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All Writing

Apache Gold

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.9

166 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1963

63 years ago
Last of the Renegades

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.6

122 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 1964

62 years ago
Treasure of Silver Lake

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

7.1

120 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 1962

64 years ago
The Desperado Trail

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.9

117 votes

Release Date

Oct 14, 1965

61 years ago
Winnetou and the Crossbreed

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

85 votes

Release Date

Aug 17, 1966

60 years ago
The Valley of Death

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.5

78 votes

Release Date

Dec 12, 1968

58 years ago
Old Shatterhand

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

77 votes

Release Date

Apr 30, 1964

62 years ago
Rampage at Apache Wells

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.3

77 votes

Release Date

Aug 25, 1965

61 years ago
Flaming Frontier

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

69 votes

Release Date

Dec 14, 1965

61 years ago
Frontier Hellcat

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.3

68 votes

Release Date

Dec 08, 1964

62 years ago
Thunder at the Border

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

5.7

58 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 1966

60 years ago
Yellow Devil

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.4

44 votes

Release Date

Aug 20, 1964

62 years ago
Winnetou - A New World

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

42 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 2016

9 years ago
The Wild Men of Kurdistan

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

5.9

38 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 1965

61 years ago
Pyramid of the Sun God

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

5.5

33 votes

Release Date

Apr 17, 1965

61 years ago
Mercenaries of the Rio Grande

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

5.8

32 votes

Release Date

Mar 04, 1965

61 years ago
Winnetou - The Last Fight

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.4

29 votes

Release Date

Dec 29, 2016

9 years ago
Winnetou - The Secret of Silver Lake

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.2

24 votes

Release Date

Dec 27, 2016

9 years ago
Kingdom of the Silver Lion

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

5.5

22 votes

Release Date

Dec 31, 1965

61 years ago
Legacy of the Incas

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.3

10 votes

Release Date

Sep 08, 1965

61 years ago
The Young Chief Winnetou

Department Writing

Job Characters

Average Rating

4.3

8 votes

Release Date

Aug 11, 2022

3 years ago
Die Sklavenkarawane

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

4.8

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 11, 1958

68 years ago
Der Löwe von Babylon

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 19, 1959

67 years ago
Across the Desert

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

5.5

1 votes

Release Date

Feb 20, 1936

91 years ago
Das Buschgespenst

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1986

39 years ago
In den Schluchten des Balkan

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jul 21, 1960

66 years ago
Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 1920

107 years ago
Caravan of Death

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1920

106 years ago
Die Teufelsanbeter

Department Writing

Job Novel

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 01, 1920

106 years ago

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