Learn how to use advanced techniques like short-circuiting, parallel execution, virtual threads, and stream gatherers to maximize Java stream performance. My recent Java Stream API tutorial introduced ...

‘Tis the season for reflecting on a well-read year. So, after all that reading, which books are we still thinking about now? The truth is, the best book of the year is deeply personal to every reader.

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The pick of 2025 in books, chosen by Guardian critics and writers The return of Nobel laureate Han Kang; film-making under the Nazis; stuck in a time loop; Scandinavian thrills; and essential stories ...

In a hard year—and when, recently, have we had one we’d consider easy?—books can be a lifeline and a balm, a place to retreat and regain our grounding. Among the many entertaining, delightful, ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

Find the perfect book for your coziest reading nook. Edited by Kate Tuttle From a novice detective agency to a feminist-focused Orwellian retelling to teenagers' takes on the climate crisis, here are ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Featuring exciting new releases in fiction, nonfiction, thriller, historical fiction, romance and more, these are PEOPLE's critics' ...

The best way to fight doomscrolling in 2025? Getting off your phone and picking up a book. Luckily for us, there were plenty of un-put-down-able reads this year. Whether your genre of choice is ...

It was another incredible year in reading. Here are our favorite 20 books—including memoirs, buzzy literary fiction, and captivating histories—of 2025. Susan Choi’s engrossing new novel begins with a ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached an initial rampdown phase for bug fixes, with the feature set now frozen. The following 10 features are ...

Buckeye is an historical novel set, as its title indicates, in Ohio. Stretching from pre-World War II to the close of the 20th century, the story focuses on two married couples whose lives intersect.