Você pode usar um
withCount()
modificado :$books = Book::withCount(['ratings as average_rating' => function($query) {
$query->select(DB::raw('coalesce(avg(rating),0)'));
}])->orderByDesc('average_rating')->get();
withCount()
modificado :$books = Book::withCount(['ratings as average_rating' => function($query) {
$query->select(DB::raw('coalesce(avg(rating),0)'));
}])->orderByDesc('average_rating')->get();