diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/author.py b/bookwyrm/views/author.py
index b4eb7ef5..a2f5d03b 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/author.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/author.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """ the good people stuff! the authors! """
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
-from django.db.models import Q
+from django.db.models import Avg, Q
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ class Author(View):
 
         books = (
             models.Work.objects.filter(Q(authors=author) | Q(editions__authors=author))
-            .order_by("-published_date")
+            .annotate(Avg("editions__review__rating"))
+            .order_by("editions__review__rating__avg")
             .distinct()
         )