I recently finished A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick

Towards the end of the book, a main character named Donna is described as having a lucky rabbit's foot attached to her purse. The rabbit's foot is only mentioned in one place in the novel.

I went on a hike directly after reading the passage mentioning the rabbit's foot. And on the middle of the trail I found, for the first time in my life, a severed rabbit's foot. A rabbit must have had a struggle with a fox or bird of prey in that exact spot.

Not exactly what you're talking about, OP, but a very notable synchronicity that I wanted to mention

Job and Ecclesiastes are the best stand-alone and not-too-long books in my opinion. But if you don't like philosophy and/or mythology, you're not gonna get as much out of the bible

Which books written by women would you place in the top 20?

Have you read it? I'm not religious but the bible is an incredible book. Of course it's many books stitched together, but the amount of literary value held within its pages is remarkable. David's saga in the old testament, Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Gospel of John are my favorite parts