My Brief History: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the My Brief History audiobook runs 2.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Brenher (about 1.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2.3 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matthew Brenher
Matthew Brenher narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 640 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
126 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
My Brief History is an audiobook by Stephen Hawking: a 2.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Brenher, released September 10, 2013, on the Memoirs and Astronomy & Physics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Brenher
- Released
- September 10, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Astronomy & Physics
- ISBN
- 9780804164290
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the My Brief History audiobook?
My Brief History runs 2.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.5 hours.
Is the My Brief History audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates My Brief History?
My Brief History is narrated by Matthew Brenher.