diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/io/BufferedReader.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/io/BufferedReader.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.io;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Mimics the actions of the Original buffered reader
+ * implements other actions, such as peek(n) to lookahead,
+ * block() to read a chunk of size {BUFFER SIZE}
+ * <p>
+ * Author: Kumaraswamy B.G (Xoma Dev)
+ */
+public class BufferedReader {
+
+  private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE = 5;
+
+  /**
+   * Maximum number of bytes the buffer can hold.
+   * Value is changed when encountered Eof to not
+   * cause overflow read of 0 bytes
+   */
+
+  private int bufferSize;
+  private final byte[] buffer;
+
+  /**
+   * posRead -> indicates the next byte to read
+   */
+  private int posRead = 0, bufferPos = 0;
+
+  private boolean foundEof = false;
+
+  private InputStream input;
+
+  public BufferedReader(byte[] input) throws IOException {
+    this(new ByteArrayInputStream(input));
+  }
+
+  public BufferedReader(InputStream input) throws IOException {
+    this(input, DEFAULT_BUFFER_SIZE);
+  }
+
+  public BufferedReader(InputStream input, int bufferSize) throws IOException {
+    this.input = input;
+    if (input.available() == -1)
+      throw new IOException("Empty or already closed stream provided");
+
+    this.bufferSize = bufferSize;
+    buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads a single byte from the stream
+   */
+  public int read() throws IOException {
+    if (needsRefill()) {
+      if (foundEof)
+        return -1;
+      // the buffer is empty, or the buffer has
+      // been completely read and needs to be refilled
+      refill();
+    }
+    return buffer[posRead++] & 0xff; // read and un-sign it
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Number of bytes not yet been read
+   */
+
+  public int available() throws IOException {
+    int available = input.available();
+    if (needsRefill())
+      // since the block is already empty,
+      // we have no responsibility yet
+      return available;
+    return bufferPos - posRead + available;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the next character
+   */
+
+  public int peek() throws IOException {
+    return peek(1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Peeks and returns a value located at next {n}
+   */
+
+  public int peek(int n) throws IOException {
+    int available = available();
+    if (n >= available)
+      throw new IOException("Out of range, available %d, but trying with %d"
+              .formatted(available, n));
+    pushRefreshData();
+
+    if (n >= bufferSize)
+      throw new IllegalAccessError("Cannot peek %s, maximum upto %s (Buffer Limit)"
+              .formatted(n, bufferSize));
+    return buffer[n];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes the already read bytes from the buffer
+   * in-order to make space for new bytes to be filled up.
+   * <p>
+   * This may also do the job to read first time data (whole buffer is empty)
+   */
+
+  private void pushRefreshData() throws IOException {
+    for (int i = posRead, j = 0; i < bufferSize; i++, j++)
+      buffer[j] = buffer[i];
+
+    bufferPos -= posRead;
+    posRead = 0;
+
+    // fill out the spaces that we've
+    // emptied
+    justRefill();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Reads one complete block of size {bufferSize}
+   * if found eof, the total length of array will
+   * be that of what's available
+   *
+   * @return a completed block
+   */
+  public byte[] readBlock() throws IOException {
+    pushRefreshData();
+
+    byte[] cloned = new byte[bufferSize];
+    // arraycopy() function is better than clone()
+    if (bufferPos >= 0)
+      System.arraycopy(buffer,
+              0,
+              cloned,
+              0,
+              // important to note that, bufferSize does not stay constant
+              // once the class is defined. See justRefill() function
+              bufferSize);
+    // we assume that already a chunk
+    // has been read
+    refill();
+    return cloned;
+  }
+
+  private boolean needsRefill() {
+    return bufferPos == 0 || posRead == bufferSize;
+  }
+
+  private void refill() throws IOException {
+    posRead = 0;
+    bufferPos = 0;
+    justRefill();
+  }
+
+  private void justRefill() throws IOException {
+    assertStreamOpen();
+
+    // try to fill in the maximum we can until
+    // we reach EOF
+    while (bufferPos < bufferSize) {
+      int read = input.read();
+      if (read == -1) {
+        // reached end-of-file, no more data left
+        // to be read
+        foundEof = true;
+        // rewrite the BUFFER_SIZE, to know that we've reached
+        // EOF when requested refill
+        bufferSize = bufferPos;
+      }
+      buffer[bufferPos++] = (byte) read;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void assertStreamOpen() {
+    if (input == null)
+      throw new IllegalStateException("Input Stream already closed!");
+  }
+
+  public void close() throws IOException {
+    if (input != null) {
+      try {
+        input.close();
+      } finally {
+        input = null;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/io/BufferedReaderTest.java b/src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/io/BufferedReaderTest.java
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+package com.thealgorithms.io;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class BufferedReaderTest {
+  @Test
+  public void testPeeks() throws IOException {
+    String text = "Hello!\nWorld!";
+    int len = text.length();
+    byte[] bytes = text.getBytes();
+
+    ByteArrayInputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
+
+    // read the first letter
+    assertEquals(reader.read(), 'H');
+    len--;
+    assertEquals(reader.available(), len);
+
+    // position: H[e]llo!\nWorld!
+    // reader.read() will be == 'e'
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(1), 'l');
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(2), 'l'); // second l
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(3), 'o');
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMixes() throws IOException {
+    String text = "Hello!\nWorld!";
+    int len = text.length();
+    byte[] bytes = text.getBytes();
+
+    ByteArrayInputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
+
+    // read the first letter
+    assertEquals(reader.read(), 'H'); // first letter
+    len--;
+
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(1), 'l'); // third later (second letter after 'H')
+    assertEquals(reader.read(), 'e'); // second letter
+    len--;
+    assertEquals(reader.available(), len);
+
+    // position: H[e]llo!\nWorld!
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(2), 'o'); // second l
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(3), '!');
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(4), '\n');
+
+    assertEquals(reader.read(), 'l'); // third letter
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(1), 'o'); // fourth letter
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
+      reader.read();
+    try {
+      System.out.println((char) reader.peek(4));
+    } catch (Exception ignored) {
+      System.out.println("[cached intentional error]");
+      // intentional, for testing purpose
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBlockPractical() throws IOException {
+    String text = "!Hello\nWorld!";
+    byte[] bytes = text.getBytes();
+    int len = bytes.length;
+
+    ByteArrayInputStream input = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(input);
+
+
+    assertEquals(reader.peek(), 'H');
+    assertEquals(reader.read(), '!'); // read the first letter
+    len--;
+
+    // this only reads the next 5 bytes (Hello) because
+    // the default buffer size = 5
+    assertEquals(new String(reader.readBlock()), "Hello");
+    len -= 5;
+    assertEquals(reader.available(), len);
+
+    // maybe kind of a practical demonstration / use case
+    if (reader.read() == '\n') {
+      assertEquals(reader.read(), 'W');
+      assertEquals(reader.read(), 'o');
+
+      // the rest of the blocks
+      assertEquals(new String(reader.readBlock()), "rld!");
+    } else {
+      // should not reach
+      throw new IOException("Something not right");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void randomTest() throws IOException {
+    Random random = new Random();
+
+    int len = random.nextInt(9999);
+    int bound = 256;
+
+    ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(len);
+    while (len-- > 0)
+      stream.write(random.nextInt(bound));
+
+    byte[] bytes = stream.toByteArray();
+    ByteArrayInputStream comparer = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+
+    int blockSize = random.nextInt(7) + 5;
+    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
+            new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes), blockSize);
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
+      if ((i & 1) == 0) {
+        assertEquals(comparer.read(), reader.read());
+        continue;
+      }
+      byte[] block = new byte[blockSize];
+      comparer.read(block);
+      byte[] read = reader.readBlock();
+
+      assertArrayEquals(block, read);
+    }
+  }
+}
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