diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
index bc29a3d36c..5d368ee52c 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     keep_only_tags = [
         dict(name='h1'),
-        classes('author article-col article-main-content'),
+        classes('author article-col article-main-content review-items'),
     ]
     remove_tags = [
         classes('inline-ad'),
diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
index 9ae7b56bcf..29de2aebec 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
     keep_only_tags = [
         dict(name='h1'),
-        classes('author article-col article-main-content'),
+        classes('author article-col article-main-content review-items'),
     ]
     remove_tags = [
         classes('inline-ad'),