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i feel ya - there's a lot to catch up on! i think it super depends on what you're going for, and also on how much general philosophy background you have. i might not be the best to ask since i'm a lil autodidact without a ton of breadth, if you have a guy you wanna read,
i think it's totally find to just google like "per-requisites for deleuze site:reddit.com" (or check out the SEP page for influences) and go from there lol. ex. read a few things from spinoza, read some nietzsche, then dive right in!
i'm kinda very much of the opinion that motivation matters a lot, so that's why i'm sympathetic to that approach. you might be missing a little in terms of comprehensiveness, but i don't think it's bad to get a first pass to spark interest, as long as you're not completely lost
because people can very easily spend their whole lives with the greeks, and that's cool and all, but if you're hype about a guy then fuck it. like in the above example, you'll likely need some pre-reqs for spinoza/nietzsche too, but if you let yourself get too carried away its easy to lose the spark