Ten Lives

This book explores how deeply relevant inequality is - how it moulds our minds and bends our moralities. It's the most vivid and readable exploration of the wealth gap I’ve ever read. Anyone who cares about a better future should read this

BRIAN ENO

An astonishing book. Chalabi’s taboo-busting transparency about peoples’ financial lives is revolutionary enough. But it’s the pellucid clarity of her data visualizations that will really change how you see things. I was riveted from start to finish

ALISON BECHDEL

This [is a] brilliant, essential and riveting book, which I guarantee will be like nothing else you have read

Bookseller

As a lifelong arithmophobic, I didn’t think a book full of stats, graphs and data would interest me – but I lapped Ten Lives up in two sittings. Mona Chalabi’s writing is captivating, and her data illustrations are both beautiful and demystifying. A fascinating, compelling read

KATHY BURKE

Mona Chalabi transforms raw data into a deeply human tapestry. Ten Lives is a fresh, creative and extraordinarily moving unpicking of our relationship with money. It cuts through the shame and silence surrounding class, income and wealth to deliver a clarion call for honesty and connection

KATE PICKETT, author of The Good Society

Mona Chalabi reveals with frank, engaging precision what we're all really wondering about. Utterly satisfying, informative and funny

LIANA FINCK, author of Let There Be Light

Chalabi has a rare ability to tease out the human stories buried within data to illuminate uncomfortable societal truths

TESSA HULLS, author of Feeding Ghosts

Mona Chalabi turns economic analysis into gripping human drama. Eye-opening, infuriating and visually sumptuous

LAUREN REDNISS, author of Oak Flat