diff --git a/ram/bookshelf/migrations/0015_alter_book_authors.py b/ram/bookshelf/migrations/0015_alter_book_authors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1fbf5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ram/bookshelf/migrations/0015_alter_book_authors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.1.2 on 2024-11-26 22:21
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("bookshelf", "0014_book_published"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="book",
+            name="authors",
+            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to="bookshelf.author"),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ram/bookshelf/models.py b/ram/bookshelf/models.py
index 73db9be..46e036b 100644
--- a/ram/bookshelf/models.py
+++ b/ram/bookshelf/models.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Author(models.Model):
 
 class Book(BaseModel):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
-    authors = models.ManyToManyField(Author)
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField(Author, blank=True)
     publisher = models.ForeignKey(Publisher, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
     ISBN = models.CharField(max_length=17, blank=True)  # 13 + dashes
     language = models.CharField(
diff --git a/ram/ram/__init__.py b/ram/ram/__init__.py
index afce73c..52f420f 100644
--- a/ram/ram/__init__.py
+++ b/ram/ram/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 from ram.utils import git_suffix
 
-__version__ = "0.13.4"
+__version__ = "0.13.5"
 __version__ += git_suffix(__file__)