- The Negro Woman in Literature (1991)
- The Battle of the Little Bighorn (1994)
- The Underground Railroad (1996)
- Buffalo Bill and the Wild West (1998)
- American Women's History (1999)
- The Civil War (2001)
- The Great Depression and the World Wars (2003)
- The Civil Rights Movement (2005)
- The History of the United States Supreme Court (2007)
- The Vietnam War (2009)
Lane's work has been praised for its accuracy, insight, and readability, and she has received several awards for her contributions to African American and women's history, including the Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Prize and the Carter G. Woodson Book Award.