Braiding Sweetgrass
At your speed≈ 8 hrs
Pages391
Audiobook≈ 13 hrs
391 pages works out to roughly 117,000 words. At an average 250 words a minute that is 8 hrs — a weekend's reading.
Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.47 out of 5, from 314 ratings.
How long does it take to read Braiding Sweetgrass?
Braiding Sweetgrass is 391 pages, or roughly 117,000 words. How long that takes depends on how fast you read:
| Your pace | Words per minute | Time to finish |
|---|---|---|
| Slow | 175 | 11 hrs |
| Average | 250 | 8 hrs |
| Fast | 400 | 5 hrs |
Estimated at about 300 words per page. Most adults read between 200 and 300 words a minute — use the reading-speed control to set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts.
Every reading time on the site updates to your pace. Page counts are an estimate, so treat the hours as a good guide, not a stopwatch.
Common questions
- How long does it take to read Braiding Sweetgrass?
- About 8 hrs at an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Braiding Sweetgrass runs 391 pages, roughly 117,000 words — so at a slower 175 wpm it is nearer 11 hrs, and at 400 wpm closer to 5 hrs.
- How many pages is Braiding Sweetgrass?
- 391 pages, which is about 117,000 words and 8 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we take the figure two of our three sources agree on.
- Is Braiding Sweetgrass worth reading?
- Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.47 out of 5, from 314 ratings. What we can tell you for certain is the cost: 391 pages and about 8 hrs of your time, or 5 hrs if you read quickly. Whether that is worth it depends on the hours you have.
- How long is the Braiding Sweetgrass audiobook?
- About 13 hrs, estimated from the 117,000 words at a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute. Real editions vary by narrator, usually by well under an hour.
From the publisher
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.…
In *Braiding Sweetgrass*, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.
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