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Aisling Rawle

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The Compound is a 2025 dystopian novel by Irish author Aisling Rawle. It was published by The Borough Press on 3 July 2025. It won a Goodreads Choice Award in the Readers' Favorite Science Fiction category. It is Rawle's debut novel.
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The Compound: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel by Aisling Rawle
The Compound: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel by Aisling Rawle

3.7/5

Aisling Rawle's debut novel The Compound is a GMA Book Club Pick published by Random House (June 24, 2025) that drops protagonist Lily into a high-stakes reality show on a remote desert compound, using the ruthless logic of competition television to dissect desire, desperation, capitalism, and the collapsing world beyond the cameras. Named a Best Book of the Year by critical coverage, critical coverage, Oprah Daily, Good Housekeeping, The Globe and Mail, and Chicago Public Library, it arrives as one of the most decorated debut novels of its season — a propulsive literary thriller with genuine cultural teeth.

Reviewed Apr 29, 2026

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