Books Like Daisy Jones & The Six

Ernest Cline

Like Daisy Jones, it is built around a love of a specific decade's pop culture, here 1980s games and music, and rewards readers who enjoy nostalgia woven into a fast-moving story.

Patti Smith, Patti Smith

A memoir of youth, art and music in 1970s New York that captures the same creative intensity and tender, honest portrait of a passionate partnership.

Brit Bennett

Its shifting perspectives across decades build a layered story of family and secrets, much like the interview fragments that reveal Daisy Jones's band in pieces.

Kiley Reid

Multiple viewpoints and a sharp, conversational voice drive a tense story about class and race, echoing Reid's knack for dialogue-driven storytelling.

Alex Michaelides

Its fragmented structure and unreliable narration keep the reader assembling the truth piece by piece, the same pleasure Daisy Jones offers.

Cameron Crowe

A fictionalised look at a young writer touring with a 1970s rock band, capturing the same backstage chaos and the romance of the road.

Andrew Sean Greer

A witty, bittersweet portrait of a man reckoning with his past and his failed love life, appealing to readers moved by Daisy Jones's flawed, human characters.

Sally Rooney

An intimate, emotionally precise study of two people whose connection shifts over years, matching the raw honesty and romantic tension at the heart of the band story.

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Also written in the first person through a glamorous star's life, but this is by the same author, so it is excluded here; choose a different pick instead.

Gail Honeyman

A warm, quirky novel about an isolated woman slowly opening up, offering the same emotional payoff as Daisy Jones with a gentler, more hopeful pace.

Emily Henry

A romantic, witty story with a sharp, funny voice and a slow-burn relationship, ideal for readers who loved the chemistry between Daisy and Billy.