Botany vs Braiding Sweetgrass: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Botany, Science
Botany
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This text covers the fundamentals of plant science, including structure, genetics and evolution, physiology and development, and ecology. The text also contains information on molecular biology, plant biotechnology, and…
Braiding Sweetgrass
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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…
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The verdict
- Readers rate Braiding Sweetgrass highest: Braiding Sweetgrass 4.5 · Botany 4.0.
- Braiding Sweetgrass is the quickest read — about 8 hours vs 14 for Botany.
- Braiding Sweetgrass has the widest readership — 462 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| Botany | Braiding Sweetgrass | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.0 (143) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 4.5 (316) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (462) |
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Reception
| Botany | Braiding Sweetgrass | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 143 | 462 |
| Editions | 25 | 16 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 623 | — |
| Reading it now | 69 | — |
| Written reviews | 11 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 13490 | 11571 |
| Pages | 800 | 462 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Botany or Braiding Sweetgrass?
Braiding Sweetgrass has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Braiding Sweetgrass 4.5/5, Botany 4.0/5).
Which is shorter to read: Botany or Braiding Sweetgrass?
Braiding Sweetgrass is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Braiding Sweetgrass (462 pages, ≈ 8 h 33 m); Botany (800 pages, ≈ 14 h 49 m).
Which is harder to read: Botany or Braiding Sweetgrass?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Botany: Moderate; Braiding Sweetgrass: Challenging.