Literary collective nouns

Again with the Twitter inspiration, this time a chat with @Sophie_Gee. She is thinking about her first foray into Trollope and the discussion eventually led to ‘What is the collective noun for a shelf of Trollopes?’ (because, when I reorganised my books alphabetically, by good fortune Trollope ended up all together on the shelf at the top of the stairs.)

This seems like a good game to play on a rainy day, so here are a few literary collective nouns off the top of my head. Anyone got any others?

1. A bordello of Trollopes
2. A moue of Maughams
3. A reticule of Austens
4. A conclave of Greenes
5. A scandal of Ravens
6. A fleet of O’Brians. Obviously.
7. A Widmerpool of Powells
8. A chamber of Galsworthys
9. An incompletion of Martins
10. A murder of Rankins

And a few more, from various other people:

• A quest of Tolkiens (colleague at work)
• A dystopia of Orwells (colleague at work)
• A confectionery of Prousts (Ms Gee)
• A disgust of Selfs (Ms Gee)
• A machismo of Hemingways (Ms Gee)
• A casket of Jewells (me)
• A cad of Frasers (colleague)