Recs if you like Startup Hell...

We should all be reading queer, all year, but this list is full of upcoming queer books of all makes and models coming out in 2026. If you have a rec to add, just please keep in mind we’re looking for 2026 releases!

katabasis (n.) “descent”; often referring to a descent into the underworld, or the realm of the dead.

Working in a corporation is hellish, but these books turn it literal. Hell, demons, possession, these corporate girlies sure have a lot of shit to deal with.

Couldn’t have compiled this without the amazing @deathprobably. All I did was notice a similarity between two books and Death literally did the rest.

Even fantasy lands are full of bureaucracy

List inspired by @peppernhazel on instagram or pepperandhazel.com!

Is your desk job in hell?

Are your coworkers trolls?

Is your manager a demon?

Are we talking literally or figuratively here???

Here’s a list dedicated to finding love in the MOST hopeless place: The Corporate World/Realm/Dimension!

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❤️🐺❤️🦇❤️🫈❤️👹❤️👻❤️👽❤️🦑❤️🐉❤️

Open to suggestions! Drop them in the comments!

Books around working in an office setting, 9 - 5 life, clocking in and out, but with different light on it!

Per my last email...

Any book I found during the year that I want to read at some point.