How long does it take to read Daisy Jones & The Six?
Taylor Jenkins Reid
At an average reading speed of 250 words a minute, Daisy Jones & The Six takes 5 hours 37 minutes to read. The unabridged audiobook runs 9h 3m at 1x, or 6h 2m at 1.5x.
Taylor Jenkins Reid tells the story of a 1970s rock band as an oral history, in short interview snippets, so it reads faster than most novels its length. At an average pace it's about five and a half hours.
Average is about 250 WPM. Measure yours in two minutes and every time on this page recalculates.
How much to read a day
At 250 words a minute, to finish the book:
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How we measured it
Method: audiobook estimate. Estimated from the unabridged full-cast audiobook (9:03) at 155 words a minute. It's a full reading of the novel with a different voice for each character, not a dramatization.
Part of our study of the 100 most popular books, last checked November 2026. Reading times assume steady reading; editions, translations and your own pace all move them.
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Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to read Daisy Jones & The Six?
About 5h 37m at an average reading speed of 250 words a minute: 7h 1m at 200 and 4h 41m at 300.
How many words are in Daisy Jones & The Six?
About 84,165 words. That's estimated from the unabridged audiobook at a narration pace of 155 words a minute, so treat it as close, not exact.
How long is the audiobook?
9 hours 3 minutes unabridged at 1x: 6h 2m at 1.5x and 4h 32m at 2x.
How many pages a day to finish Daisy Jones & The Six in a month?
About 11 pages a day, or 12m of reading a day at an average pace. That assumes about 306 pages at 275 words a page; real page counts vary by edition.
Can you read Daisy Jones & The Six in a weekend?
Easily. It's about 5 hours 37 minutes at an average pace: under three hours a day across two days.
Is Daisy Jones & The Six longer than Evelyn Hugo?
Shorter: about 84,000 words against 113,000 by the same audiobook estimate, roughly two hours less reading.