diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/book.py b/bookwyrm/models/book.py
index 368276523f..67bcf18356 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/book.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/book.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from django.contrib.postgres.indexes import GinIndex
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.db import models, transaction
-from django.db.models import Prefetch, ManyToManyField
+from django.db.models import Avg, Prefetch, ManyToManyField, Q
 from django.dispatch import receiver
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from model_utils import FieldTracker
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from bookwyrm import activitypub
 from bookwyrm.isbn.isbn import hyphenator_singleton as hyphenator
+from bookwyrm.models.status import Review
 from bookwyrm.preview_images import generate_edition_preview_image_task
 from bookwyrm.settings import (
     BASE_URL,
@@ -491,6 +492,36 @@ def hyphenated_isbn13(self):
         """generate the hyphenated version of the ISBN-13"""
         return hyphenator.hyphenate(self.isbn_13)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def average_rating(cls, include_parents=False, user=None, privacy=None):
+        """
+        Generate the average rating of a book
+
+        Args:
+            include_parents: allows the caller to determine if ratings
+            from other Editions of the Work should be included
+            user: if we're given a value for user, use privacy_filter
+            privacy: if we're given a value for privacy, use it in filtering the reviews
+        Returns:
+            an aggregation of the average rating of the book across its reviews.
+        """
+        # get the base review queryset which we will refine
+        # based on the arguments provided
+        if include_parents:
+            base_reviews = Review.objects.filter(
+                Q(book__parent_work__editions=cls) & Q(deleted=False) & Q(rating_gt=0)
+            )
+        else:
+            base_reviews = Review.objects.filter(Q(deleted=False) & Q(rating_gt=0))
+        if user:
+            reviews = base_reviews.privacy_filter(user).exclude(rating=None)
+        elif privacy:
+            reviews = base_reviews.filter(Q(privacy=privacy)).exclude(rating=None)
+        else:
+            reviews = base_reviews.exclude(rating=None)
+
+        return reviews.aggregate(Avg("rating"))["rating__avg"]
+
     def get_rank(self):
         """calculate how complete the data is on this edition"""
         rank = 0
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py b/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py
index c67d18cf3d..0435d2feaf 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views/books/books.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
-from django.db.models import Avg, Q
+from django.db.models import Q
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.template.response import TemplateResponse
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def get(self, request, book_id, **kwargs):
                 if not user_statuses
                 else None
             ),
-            "rating": reviews.aggregate(Avg("rating"))["rating__avg"],
+            "rating": book.average_rating(include_parents=True, user=request.user),
             "lists": lists,
             "update_error": kwargs.get("update_error", False),
         }