Obama reads this before he sleeps!

US President Barack Obama has revealed that reading the book for a half hour forms part of his daily schedule—which includes morning workouts, office work, and spending time with his family.

US President Barack Obama has revealed that he is presently reading a book by Joseph O'Neill, titled Netherland.

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He has revealed that reading the book for a half hour forms part of his daily schedule—which includes morning workouts, office work, and spending time with his family.

“I'm a night owl. My usual day (is): I work out in the morning; I get to the office around 9, 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.; work till about 6:30 pm; have dinner with the family, hang out with the kids and put them to bed about 8:30 p.m. And then I''ll probably read briefing papers or do paperwork or write stuff until about 11:30 p.m., and then I usually have about a half hour to read before I go to bed … about midnight, 12:30 a.m.—sometimes a little later,” News Week quoted the President as saying.

As to what the book is about, Obama revealed: “It's about after 9/11, a guy—his family leaves him and he takes up cricket in New York. And it's fascinating. It's a wonderful book, although I know nothing about cricket.”

When asked whether he watched Star Trek when he was growing up, he said: “I used to love Star Trek. You know, Star Trek was ahead of its time. There was a whole—the special effects weren't real good, but the storylines were always evocative, you know, there was a little commentary and a little pop philosophy for a 10-year-old to absorb."