Given that his passion away from football is reading, Sone Aluko is at the right club.
The 29-year-old declares his love of books in this week's Sky Bet EFL Q&A, although football autobiographies aren't his genre of choice.
The brother of England women's international Eni, Aluko draws his influences from all over, a bit like his football career which began with Birmingham City and has taken in stops at Aberdeen, Rangers, Hull and Fulham.
Reading star Sone Aluko has declared his love of books in this week's Sky Bet EFL Q&A
The variety doesn't stop there. His international career began at youth level with England until he chose to represent Nigeria, the country of his family's birth.
One of the game's deeper thinkers, he would have liked to have played alongside Dutch master Johan Cruyff and under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Describe yourself on the pitch in 3 words.
Quick. Calm. Instinctive.
Describe yourself off the pitch in 3 words.
Calm. Fun. Respectful.
Best moment of your career so far?
That's a tricky question. Three of my debuts.
My professional debut at Birmingham, my Premier League debut for Hull and my international debut for Nigeria.
My Birmingham debut was in the League Cup when I was 18 (a 2-1 win over Hereford in August 2007). It was more of a milestone than feeling that I'd made it. I was young and it was only the last 15 minutes.
My Premier League debut was against Chelsea, Jose Mourinho's first game back at Chelsea (Hull lost 2-0 in August 2013), so it was an interesting day and an interesting game. That felt a little bit more that I'd made it because it was something that I'd dreamed of since I was a kid.
But for satisfaction and for everybody around me, it was my international debut for Nigeria, which, funnily enough, was at Craven Cottage against the Republic of Ireland (a 1-1 draw in May 2009). That was the one.
It had the most impact on my family even though I don't think I actually had anyone there. I think they had gone on holiday, so they weren't around. I didn't know until very close to the game, the day before, that I would be playing and my family is spread all over the world.
It was special to play in Nigeria and to score there, too. I scored two goals against South Africa (a 2-2 draw in November 2014) when my mum, dad and sister were there, so that was really special. For me personally, that was one of my most enjoyable games in football. It was the opening game of the new stadium in Akwa Ibom as well.
Who is the hardest opponent you have faced?
David Silva. He's a genius, incredible. He always seemed to have more space and time than everybody else and the complete respect of his team-mates. I don't think I've ever seen that. Whenever he asked for the ball, they gave it to him. They trusted him completely and saw him as the main guy, so that was interesting.
That was four years ago when I was at Hull. He was something special. Scored a great goal as well.
I was supposed to play further forward but because of the way the game was going, I was defending a lot. He was really smart in finding space, his first touch, seeing passes, everything was a cut above everybody that day.
Aluko admits he reads 20 to 30 books per year and finds it tough to reject doughnuts
Most embarrassing moment in football?
I've been lucky and not really had too many, but I'll say the initiation songs when you join a new team. I did one here at Reading. I sang 'Ain't No Sunshine.'
Initiation songs are not enjoyable. There's nothing fun about them at all... If you can sing, it's not bad, but it's still not great. You hardly know anybody there and you've got to get up and sing. You can get through it if you can hold a note, but I can't say anyone really enjoys it even then - unless you're a real extrovert.
I don't really like watching anybody do it either. Even when it's not me, it's still awkward. We've got a couple of new players at the club, so we'll have a couple of singers next week. That'll be a painful dinner.
Which song gets you in the mood for a match?
I don't really have a music playlist. It's the vibe in the changing room that gets me in
