diff --git a/bookwyrm/templates/shelf/shelf.html b/bookwyrm/templates/shelf/shelf.html
index eb3b472ab..fa1e91f98 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/templates/shelf/shelf.html
+++ b/bookwyrm/templates/shelf/shelf.html
@@ -127,10 +127,12 @@
                     <th>{% trans "Cover"%}</th>
                     <th>{% trans "Title"  as text %}{% include 'snippets/table-sort-header.html' with field="title" sort=sort text=text %}</th>
                     <th>{% trans "Author"  as text %}{% include 'snippets/table-sort-header.html' with field="author" sort=sort text=text %}</th>
+                    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+                        {% if is_self %}
                     <th>{% trans "Shelved"  as text %}{% include 'snippets/table-sort-header.html' with field="shelved_date" sort=sort text=text %}</th>
                     <th>{% trans "Started"  as text %}{% include 'snippets/table-sort-header.html' with field="start_date" sort=sort text=text %}</th>
                     <th>{% trans "Finished"  as text %}{% include 'snippets/table-sort-header.html' with field="finish_date" sort=sort text=text %}</th>
-                    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+                        {% endif %}
                     <th>{% trans "Rating" as text %}{% include 'snippets/table-sort-header.html' with field="rating" sort=sort text=text %}</th>
                     {% endif %}
                     {% if shelf.user == request.user %}
@@ -151,6 +153,8 @@
                     <td data-title="{% trans "Author" %}">
                         {% include 'snippets/authors.html' %}
                     </td>
+                    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+                        {% if is_self %}
                     <td data-title="{% trans "Shelved" %}">
                         {{ book.shelved_date|naturalday }}
                     </td>
@@ -160,7 +164,7 @@
                     <td data-title="{% trans "Finished" %}">
                         {{ book.finish_date|naturalday|default_if_none:""}}
                     </td>
-                    {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
+                        {% endif %}
                     <td data-title="{% trans "Rating" %}">
                         {% include 'snippets/stars.html' with rating=book.rating %}
                     </td>
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py b/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py
index c1d3512f3..0b830d906 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/shelf.py
@@ -69,20 +69,22 @@ class Shelf(View):
         ).order_by("-published_date")
 
         reading = models.ReadThrough.objects
-        if not is_self:
-            reading = models.ReadThrough.privacy_filter(request.user)
 
         reading = reading.filter(user=user, book__id=OuterRef("id")).order_by(
-            "-start_date"
+            "start_date"
         )
 
         books = books.annotate(
             rating=Subquery(reviews.values("rating")[:1]),
             shelved_date=F("shelfbook__shelved_date"),
-            start_date=Subquery(reading.values("start_date")),
-            finish_date=Subquery(reading.values("finish_date")),
-            author=F("authors__name"),
-        )
+            start_date=Subquery(reading.values("start_date")[:1]),
+            finish_date=Subquery(reading.values("finish_date")[:1]),
+            author=Subquery(
+                models.Book.objects.filter(id=OuterRef("id")).values("authors__name")[
+                    :1
+                ]
+            ),
+        ).prefetch_related("authors")
 
         books = sort_books(books, request.GET.get("sort"))