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

So, that all happened. I am definitely doomscrolling and hope you all are doing ok.

Michael Marshall Smith, The Best of Michael Marshall Smith: ( bleakness )
Alaya Dawn Johnson, Reconstruction: Stories: ( sometimes a little less bleakness )
Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace: ( palace politics with aliens )
Naomi Kritzer, Chaos on CatNet: ( they won't leave the AI alone to enjoy cat pictures )
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Someday All This Will Be Yours: ( veteran of the time wars )
Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ironclads: ( veteran of the corporate wars )
Brenna Twohy, Swallowtail: ( poetry )
R.F. Kuang, The Burning God: ( and here my troubles began )
Jim Butcher, Battle Ground: ( boss fights )