Best way to display multiple pdfs?

I am building a WP page that links to multiple PDFs. I am looking for the best way to display it such that it is fast to load and not too tacky (like the PDF viewer).

For now, I am building a carousel of thumbnails and each of them link directly to the PDF. Because it links to the PDF, the website is pretty much disappear. It makes it bad for user flow and look and feel. For example, the user has to click Back to go back to the website.

The solution I like is that it is thumbnails of articles and a canvas within the website. Whenever you click on the thumbnails, it will load the article into the canvas.

The problem with PDF is that it requires a PDF viewer. Which it looks awful and slow to load.

Does anyone know a plug-ins that can help me out with this?

I am playing around with Easy FancyBox and PageFlip5

Thanks! Cliff