The paperbacks listed in this guide have been read or recommended in the editors' individualized reading course at Cedar Falls (Iowa) Senior High School and have been shown to be popular with young adults. The purpose of the guide is to suggest to English teachers and librarians paperback books to purchase for young adults in junior and senior high school. Books appealing to a wide range of reading interests are included. The books deal thematically with such topics as adventure, alienation, animals, careers, family relations, mystery/suspense, nonfiction, religion, science fiction, social problems, war, and woman's status. (LL)