There is JVM Anatomy Quarks. I can also recommend reading the JVM specification itself, it is surprisingly not as dry as one might think, and not a novel, it’s

There is JVM Anatomy Quarks. I can also recommend reading the JVM specification itself, it is surprisingly not as dry as one might think, and not a novel, it’s a good read. Oh and of course anything written by Brian Goetz, usually about some new feature.