Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Bend in the Stars | 2019 | Buy |
| Atomic Anna | 2022 | Buy |
Rachel Barenbaum is an American author of historical fiction. Her debut novel, A Bend in the Stars (2019), is set in 1914 Russia and follows a Jewish doctor and her physicist brother as they race to prove Einstein’s theory of relativity while fleeing the violence of World War I.
Her second novel, Atomic Anna (2022), spans three timelines connected to the Chernobyl disaster. Barenbaum has a background in science, and both of her novels weave real scientific ideas into their historical settings.