The Something Like... series is series of LGBT young adult novels written by Jay Bell. Each book in the series is from the point of view of a different character, with the first three and the final one being from the points of view of characters introduced in Something Like Summer: Benjamin Bentley, Tim Wyman, and Jace Holden, respectively. Subsequent books visit the points of view of new characters, with previously introduced characters in the periphery.
Novels
- Something Like Summer (2011)
- Something Like Winter (2012)
- Something Like Autumn (2013)
- Something Like Spring (2014)
- Something Like Lightning (2014)
- Something Like Thunder (2015)
- Something Like Rain (2016)
- Something Like Hail (2017)
- Something Like Forever (2017)
Short Story Collections
- Something Like Stories – Volume 1 (2015)
- Something Like Stories – Volume 2 (2017)
- Something Like Stories – Volume 3 (2020)
The first three novels have been adapted into graphic novels with art by Cassy Fallon. The plots have some differences from the books.
Contains examples of:
- Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Each book title follows the pattern "Something Like [X]". The first four fill in the blank with seasons, and the next four with stormy weather phenomena.
- Rotating Protagonist: Each book switches to a different protagonist.
- Switching P.O.V.: Each book in the series is from the point of view of a different character.
- Time Title: The first four books have titles themed around the four seasons, and the last uses "Forever".
