It ultimately depends on what you are loading, but no, I never recommend a beginner reload with a manual that doesn't fit their bullet exactly. Examples of hazard: a longer profile bullet than the manual suggests might become a compressed load over a max charge when seated to the suggested coal. Might blow your rifle in half. Or a more blunted ogive bullet seated long might contact the lands, again, possibly causing a failure. If you're loading light for caliber bullets, it becomes less likely that an error like that can happen, but it's not failsafe. You can see these differences by crosser fermenting different manuals for the same bullet design. Many are quite similar for powder charge and bullet weight, but some might have 100-200fps difference for what looks like should be interchangeable bullets and different max charges. Or might have different coal. Put the larger listed max charge under the other bullet (maybe a different alloy, or a different bearing surface design) that is listed having a lower charge and you might blow something up.

So no, I don't use the Lyman manuals without exacting specs, and wouldn't recommend them for a novice reloader for that reason. I own them, and reference them, but I wouldn't go solely based on that info without treading very lightly. A new reloader may not know how to spot pressure signs, or may skip charge work up, or may not realize that a sticky bolt means something.