Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, is the oral history of a fictional California rock group who write one of the seminal rock albums of the 1970s and then promptly implode. Told in the style of Behind the Music, it's a tale of fame, love, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.

Picked by Reese Witherspoon for her book club and optioned by Amazon for an upcoming series, this is a fun and fascinating story of a legendary music era and the crazysexycool magic it takes to write one of the great (and fictional) rock albums of all time. 

Inspired in part by the making of Fleetwood Mac's legendary (and drama-fueled) album Rumours, Reid invokes the era and puts the reader inside the rooms where it all happens. As someone who grew up listening to the music of The Eagles; Joni Mitchell; Fleetwood Mac; Crosby, Stills & Nash; Linda Ronstadt; The Byrds; and Carole King… and who's always been low-key obsessed with the making of Rumours, this is essentially the perfect book for me. After reading it, I suddenly found myself Googling Laurel Canyon and the California rock scene, and looking for more books about the era. And, I've had all those music artists on 'repeat' ever since. 

For those of you just as fascinated by that musical era as me, and who can't get Daisy Jones & The Six off the brain, this reading list is for you!

Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood by Michael Walker

The inside scoop on the neighbors, friends, and lovers that spawned a whole new genre of music and made Los Angeles the music capital of the world.

Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac by Sean Eagan

A collection of interviews from across the entirety of Fleetwood Mac's career. Never ones to hold back in interviews, the band charts their rise, the making of Rumours, and all the drama that followed.

Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis

Recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her solo career, (the first woman to be inducted twice!), Stevie Nicks is a rock legend and undoubtedly one of the inspirations for the character of Daisy Jones. Nicks has seen and done it all, and lived to tell the tale.

Pick Up the Pieces: Excursions in Seventies Music by John Corbett

A playful exploration of this tumultuous era of music. Song by song, album by album. These are essays filled with insight into the music, the biggest artists of the decade, and all the crazy chaos that made the 1970s legendary.

Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and Music of Laurel Canyon by Harvey Kubernik

An illustrated look at 80 years of the music and culture of the neighborhood, by a longtime resident and who knew all the players: Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, The Monkees, The Doors, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Mamas and the Papas, Carole King, The Eagles, and The Byrds, just to name a few. 

Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life by Graham Nash

From London to Laurel Canyon and beyond, here's a candid look back at all the highs and lows: the love, the sex, and the jealousy; the politics; the drugs; the insanity—and sanity—from someone at the very epicenter of 70s rock music.

Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell by David Yaffe

This Canadian folk singer made her way to Los Angeles after David Crosby heard her sing in a Florida coffeehouse. She settled in Laurel Canyon, moved in with Graham Nash, and set out writing classic songs and winning awards. Another inspiration for Daisy Jones.

Everybody Had An Ocean: Music and Mayhem in 1960s Los Angeles by William McKeen

For every fun, fun, fun bop of the California music scene there was a dark flipside. this documents the collision between idealistic musicians and the hangers-on who exploited the decade’s peace, love, and flowers ethos, all fueled by sex, drugs, and overnight success.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup by David Brown

David Crosby, the opinionated hippie guru. Stephen Stills, the perpetually driven musician. Graham Nash, the tactful pop craftsman. Neil Young, the creatively restless loner. For all their perfect harmonies, theirs was a dysfunctional brotherhood of recurring disagreements, jealousies, and self-destructive tendencies.

Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont by Shawn Levy

Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairytale castle, this apartment house-turned-hotel has been the backdrop for generations of L.A. gossip and folklore. For 90 years, Chateau Marmont has welcomed the most iconic and iconoclastic personalities in film, music, and media… including the fictional Daisy Jones.

The Eagles: An American Band by Andrew Vaughan

The Eagles became one of the most popular rock acts of all time with some of the most seminal rock songs and albums of all time. Follow the band from its formation in the idealistic sixties to its rise to fame in the era of big business in the seventies.

Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles by Don Felder

Band member and guitarist Don Felder finally breaks years of silence to take fans behind the scenes for The Eagles' wild ride, from the pressure-packed recording studios and trashed hotel rooms to the tension-filled courtrooms, from the joy of writing powerful songs to performing in huge arenas packed with roaring fans.

Goodnight, L.A.: The Untold Story from Inside the Legendary Recording Studios by Ken Hartman

A longtime music business insider tells never-before-told stories about the most prolific and important period and place in rock 'n' roll history, revealing what went into the making of some of the best music of the past 40 years. Learn how some of your favorite albums and bands came to be, and how fame, fortune, excess, and a shift in listener demand ultimately brought it all tumbling down.

For music, here's my Spotify Daisy Jones & The Six Inspired Playlist.