Hello Eclectic, and welcome.
The Byrne and Stern book is actually not a novel and it is not (despite the title and cover image) based on the show. It is, rather, a collection of Superman comics written about the time the show was aired. The comics at that time featured a Clark/Superman very similar to the show's version; e.g., Clark was who he was and Superman was what he could do. If you like comics, it is a good collection, as I recall; one can't go wrong with Byrne's Superman.
I fear I would not recommend the actual L&C novels; the fanfic you can get from here and on the archive are, for the most part, far superior to the published novels.
Joy,
Lynn
