Novels sometimes use a table of contents, but not always.
He opened the cover and found the table of contents.
But he didn't so much as look at the table of contents.
Without looking at the table of contents, which two made the grade?
The table of contents will now appear on Page 2.
This one has a table of contents but no page numbers.
Sure enough, there was the information he needed, next to the table of contents.
The table of contents (three words that no longer appear) is much changed.
I closed the book and looked at the table of contents again.
You wouldn't have a table of contents or an index.