I don't mean to nitpick, Tom, but is this really your plan?

Lauren Beukes, Bridge: ( world hoppers )
Herman Melville, Moby Dick:( yep, never read it before )
Sarah Monette, A Theory of Haunting: ( occult adventures )
Ilona Andrews, ( Kate Daniels-ish )
Emma Newman, Before, After, Alone: ( short stories )
T. Kingfisher, Thornhedge: ( fractured fairy tale )
Lavanya Lakshminarayan, The Ten Percent Thief: ( a different capitalist hellscape )
Cory Doctorow, Red Team Blues:( progressive male power fantasy )
Robert Jackson Bennett, The Tainted Cup: ( new series; I'm in! )
Christopher Rowe, ( fascinating worldbuilding )

Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus: ( overall, I liked it! )