diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
index d2eff8d35c..6ea1fde549 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books.recipe
@@ -74,9 +74,12 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         # Find TOC
         articles = []
-        for h4 in soup.findAll('h4'):
+        for h4 in soup.findAll('h2'):
             title = self.tag_to_string(h4).strip()
-            url = absurl(h4.find('a')['href'])
+            a = h4.find('a')
+            if a is None:
+                continue
+            url = absurl(a['href'])
             author = self.tag_to_string(h4.parent.parent.find('a'))
             title = title + ' (%s)' % author
             desc = ''
diff --git a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
index e36cd9978a..dad9785f3d 100644
--- a/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
+++ b/recipes/new_york_review_of_books_no_sub.recipe
@@ -64,9 +64,12 @@ class NewYorkReviewOfBooks(BasicNewsRecipe):
 
         # Find TOC
         articles = []
-        for h4 in soup.findAll('h4'):
+        for h4 in soup.findAll('h2'):
             title = self.tag_to_string(h4).strip()
-            url = absurl(h4.find('a')['href'])
+            a = h4.find('a')
+            if a is None:
+                continue
+            url = absurl(a['href'])
             author = self.tag_to_string(h4.parent.parent.find('a'))
             title = title + ' (%s)' % author
             desc = ''