How long does it take to read The Botany of Desire?
a plant's eye view of the world
Michael Pollan, Sébastien Marty
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan, Sébastien Marty takes about 5 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 28 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2001. 298 pages, about 81,950 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A Random House Trade Paperback
Subjects: Gardening, Nature, Human-plant relationships, Nonfiction, Plants and civilization, Ethnobotany
