All right! Progress!
I got in a half hour of reading today at lunch, and I have to admit I am really digging this statistics book I selected, The Lady Tasting Tea by David Salsburg.
More importantly though, my selection process is getting out of the dark ages as I have my preliminary data ready to make my map of the non-fiction selection.
Behold:

It actually does make sense to me . . .

It doesn't look like much now, I know, but a little spreadsheet love, some Visio legwork, and maybe a pinch of database design and I'll have an organized and strategic method of selection. That makes me happy.
It almost feels like playing Risk . . . who shall I conquer next? *Insert evil laugh here*