What's the best type of floor lamp for reading?

Across the reviewers we read, an adjustable gooseneck or swing-arm 'task' lamp that puts directional light over your shoulder is the consensus choice for reading, since uplight torchieres bounce light off the ceiling and rarely deliver enough focused brightness at the page. Home-decor community threads repeatedly warn that decorative or uplight-only lamps 'aren't going to be enough light to read by.'