Not politics! BOOK QUESTION!

Or rather, books question.

I'm in this completely awesome Practical Criticism class. We read theory from a variety of disciplines, and then we read a novel, and write papers where we apply any particular theory to the novel. Anyone who's taken a similar class knows what I'm talking about.

( Here are the various people/essays we've read/will read )

For this class, we have two assigned novels: Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh (which, btw, I strongly recommend as a great freakin' book, regardless of whether or not you're going to pick it apart with literary theory), and Foe by Daniel Coetzee. Occasionally, the prof also uses Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm sure there are a few other novels she rotates into the syllabus, but I haven't asked.

So. I need your help for my own little project. What are some novels you would recommend for a class like this? What have you read that is rich enough to provide fodder for viewings through a variety of different lenses that can translate into four-or-five-page essays? The only two I can think of off of the top of my head are House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, which is way too long for a class like this, and Was by Geoffrey Ryman, which the prof is reading right now on my suggestion.

Please comment with suggestions! and show your work--I may not know anything about the novels you suggest.

ETA: Please try to keep suggestions to books written in the past twenty years or so. She's not interested in classics, thanks!