What is the title of Stephen Hawking's 2013 memoir?

The title of Stephen Hawking’s 2013 memoir is *My Brief History*.

Published by Bantam Books, the memoir follows Hawking from his childhood and education in post-war Britain through his scientific career and international fame. It is a personal account rather than a technical textbook, mixing family memories with accessible descriptions of cosmology, black holes, time, and the origins of the universe.

The title deliberately echoes Hawking’s bestselling science book *A Brief History of Time*, published in 1988. That earlier work explains major ideas in modern cosmology, while *My Brief History* focuses more directly on the scientist’s own life and experiences.

A common mix-up is confusing this memoir with *Brief Answers to the Big Questions*, which was published after Hawking’s death in 2018, or with *The Grand Design*, his 2010 book co-written with Leonard Mlodinow.