The result of over ten year's research on post-war fashion and music, Gorman's
The Look: Adventures in Rock and Pop Fashion, has been acclaimed by the press, and named in the top ten fashion books by The Independent Newspaper . It has an active online presence at www.rockpopfashion.com/blog.
Reasons to be Cheerful, Gorman's biography of graphic designer Barney Bubbles has an online presence at http://www.barneybubbles.com/blog/ features expanded and adapted material from the book as well as unseen artwork and designs and interviews. The book won Mojo magazine's Book of the Year in 2010, and the second edition is set to publish in June, ahead of the Barney Bubbles exhibition at London gallery Chelsea Space.
- The Look: Adventures In Pop & Rock Fashion (Sanctuary Publishing 2001). Foreword by Malcolm McLaren.
- In Their Own Write: Adventures In The Music Press (Sanctuary 2001).Foreword by Charles Shaar Murray.
- Nine Lives with Goldie (Hodder & Stoughton 2002)..
- Straight with Boy George (Century 2005)..
- Blood & Fire: The Story Of UB40's Ali & Robin Campbell with Tim Abbot (Century 2005).
- Adventures In Rock & Pop Fashion (Adelita 2006). Introduction by Paul Smith, foreword by Malcolm McLaren.
- Cry Salty Tears (Arrow Books 2007). Ghostwritten for Boy George’s mother Dinah O’Dowd.
- Reasons to Be Cheerful: The Life & Work Of Barney Bubbles (Adelita 2008).