Are there books that are not involving sexual abuse and women are the lead characters?

;The Chinese ancient dynasties were among the greatest of all time in art, philosophy and invention including the first great cuisine which included the creation of pastas.and they exported many things to the West along what was known as the silk road. including silk, spices and art as well as gun powder. which they invented. and Marco Polo from Venice brought back new forms of pasta that were Chinese but pasta itself was invented in both countries but made from different times of grains.

Rizzoli & Isles series by Tess Gerritsen 

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

The Valley of Amazement  by Amy Tan 

Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah 

Fly Away: A Novel by Kristin Hannah 

Star Trek Voyager: The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway by Una Mccormack

Star Trek Voyager: The Eternal Tide by Kirsten Beyer 

Star Trek Voyager: Atonement by Kirsten Beyer 

The Secret Messenger by Mandy Robotham 

The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester 

Split Second  David Baldacci

Spy: A Novel by Danielle Steel 

Behind the Shades: A Female Secret Service Agent's True Story by Sue Ann Baker

Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel in Recipes by Jenny Colgan 

The Cafe at Seashell Cove: A heartwarming laugh out loud romantic comedy by Karen Clarke 

Rosie’s Little Café on the Riviera by Jennifer Bohnet 

There are many, you have to search for them.

There are a lot of mysteries from many different authors. Try books by Sara Blædel, J. A. Jance, Sue Grafton or Marcia Muller for example.

Try Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer. Dated, but both are brilliant writers of comedies of manners.

The entire Mercedes Thompson series by Patricia Briggs

Most of the dragonriders of Pern books by Anne McCaffrey have strong women lead characters in them.

 If you find Nigerian-American racial identity, "Americanah," written by a woman.

Likewise, re racial identity, "Caucasia," likewise by a female.

Likewise, "The Girl Who Fell from the Sky," by Heidi Durrow.

"Ella Enchanted," by Gail Carson Levine.

"Jane Eyre."

"Northanger Abbey."

"Hild," by Nicola Griffith, about a young seer who is victorious in Old England.

And, written a man, "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The Divergent series.

There are a lot. In fact, I can't remember the last time I read a book with physical or sexual abuse. What genre are you interested in? That will help narrow it down.

Try the Honor Harrington series by David Weber.