How many pages is Braiding Sweetgrass?

391 pages, which is about 117,000 words and 8 hrs of reading. Editions vary, so we use the figure two of our sources agree on.

Is Braiding Sweetgrass worth reading?

We score it 8.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — well worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.48 out of 5 from 337 ratings, which counts for 8.8; at about 8 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.2 for its length.

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.

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Braiding Sweetgrass

Name: Braiding Sweetgrass
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer

8 hrsto read

8.6worth it

At your speed≈ 8 hrs

Pages391

Audiobook≈ 13 hrs

Times shown for 250 words a minute (average)

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 4.48 out of 5, from 337 ratings.

Worth-it score 8.6/10 — Well worth the time. Readers 8.8 (Hardcover's 4.48★ from 337 ratings) − length 0.2 = 8.6. How the score works →

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:

Estimated reading time for Braiding Sweetgrass at three reading speeds.
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 — set your own pace and every time on the site adjusts. Prefer to listen? At a typical narration pace of 150 words a minute the audiobook runs about 13 hrs — an estimate from the word count, since narrators vary.

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 use the figure two of our sources agree on.
Is Braiding Sweetgrass worth reading?: We score it 8.6 out of 10 for the time it takes — well worth the time. Readers on Hardcover rate it 4.48 out of 5 from 337 ratings, which counts for 8.8; at about 8 hrs at an average pace it gives back 0.2 for its length.
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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