Daisy Jones & The Six: Book vs. Series
The 2023 series Daisy Jones & the Six, created by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, adapts Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2019 novel. The story follows a rock band whose creative partnership is complicated by addiction and tangled relationships.
From Books Adapted
Which books each season covers
One season turns the book's interviews into a documentary
| Season | Book adapted |
|---|---|
| 1 | Daisy Jones & the Six, covering the novel through its ending across ten episodes. |
| A guide, not an exact match: shows move scenes and storylines between books and seasons. | |
The book presents the band's story as an oral history assembled from interviews. The series keeps interviews with the older characters, then dramatizes the events they remember. Showrunner Scott Neustadter said that format also let the writers build complete scenes from moments the book only mentions.
No second season has been announced; the series was made as a limited series.
What changed from the book
The Six loses a member
Pete Loving, the band's bassist in the book, does not appear in the series. Eddie, his brother in the book, becomes the series' bassist, leaving five musicians before Daisy joins them.
The series instead counts Camila as the sixth person when the band chooses its name. Neustadter said removing Pete gave the existing cast more room, particularly characters such as Simone and Teddy whose stories grow beyond their parts in the book.
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Camila's possible affair becomes a story with Eddie
The series gives Camila and Eddie an implied affair. The book hints at a life Camila keeps from Billy, including a long lunch with an old friend, but does not turn that suggestion into the same story with Eddie.
Neustadter said the writers connected those hints with Eddie's feelings for Camila. Executive producer Lauren Neustadter said the change was developed in close consultation with Reid. Camila Morrone initially objected to the choice, then supported it after discussing what Camila wanted for herself outside her marriage and the band.
About the book and the series
- Author
- Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Year
- 2019
- Pages
- 400Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 9 hr 3 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Jennifer Beals, see all
Former bandmates and the people around them give competing accounts of Daisy Jones & the Six, a rock group that breaks apart at the height of its success. Their recollections trace the meeting of Daisy and frontman Billy Dunne, whose songwriting partnership brings creative possibility alongside addiction, jealousy, and conflicting obligations to the people they love.
- Creator
- Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
- Year
- 2023
- Episode
- 50 minWatch on Amazon
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 10
- Network
- Prime Video
- Cast
- Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse, Josh Whitehouse, Sebastian Chacon, Nabiyah Be
- Genre
- Drama
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Daisy Jones is trying to establish herself as a songwriter in Los Angeles when a producer brings her together with Billy Dunne’s band. Their volatile collaboration generates songs neither could create alone, but touring, substance use, and feelings that cross professional boundaries put pressure on Billy’s marriage and the band’s ability to stay together.
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