Price-check: The End of Everything
Checked 2026-11-12Our verdict: The 2026 Booker Prize winner, in Russ Bain's reading — Kobo has it at $15.00, it's free in Libby/OverDrive library catalogues, and it's included with Spotify Premium. Audible is 1 credit / check price.
| Way to get it | Cost | Wait / Keep? |
|---|---|---|
| Free — Libby / Hoopla (library) | Free | Free in Libby/OverDrive library catalogues with a participating library card — expect a holds queue at many libraries. |
| Kobo | $15.00 USD (checked 2026-11-12) | No wait · yours to keep. Kobo US price, checked 2026-11-12 (title's own listing) |
| Chirp deal (when on offer) | Pending | No wait · yours to keep |
| Audible | 1 credit / check price | No wait · yours to keep |
| Libro.fm | Pending | No wait · yours, supports a bookstore |
| Spotify Premium | Included with Premium — this book is 3.83 hrs of your 15 hrs/month | Stream while subscribed · included hours expire monthly |
Audible cash prices are never hard-coded here: Amazon permits displayed prices only via its API with a timestamp, so this row is always “1 credit / check price”.
Listening note
Winner of the Booker Prize 2026, announced on November 9, 2026 — the judges, chaired by Mary Beard, were unanimous, and Harrison, at 81, is the oldest winner in the prize's history. Years after a crisis nobody understands — the arrival of the iGhetti — Phillip Tennent makes his living at the tideline, collecting artefacts that wash up from the Channel, until he fishes out a creature that keeps changing. A sly, unsettling post-apocalyptic novel, read by Russ Bain; Harrison took the best part of fifteen years over it. This page exists because readers searched for the book here the day after the win — it comes from our own search queue.
Sources: Audible listing (Length: 3 hrs and 50 mins; published Oct 13, 2026), checked 2026-11-12 · Kobo title listing ($15.00 USD), checked 2026-11-12 · Spotify audiobook listing (The End of Everything: Winner of the Booker Prize 2026), checked 2026-11-12 · OverDrive catalogue, media 13473948, checked 2026-11-12 · The Booker Prizes — winner announced Nov 9, 2026