Creating a PDF library

I’d like my the content of my PDF files to be arranged in such a way where it would be akin to walking through a library, picking up a book(or PDF in this case), and reading what you finding interesting almost immediately.

For example:

a user clicks on my /library page and they see rows and columns of PDF’s, perhaps in a 5×5 row to column ratio. Once they decide which PDF they wish to read a “lightbox” or popup is enlarged to fit say 70% of the screen.

The way my site is currently setup, when the user clicks on the library a select few PDF’s are automatically loaded with the contents displayed whether the user wants to read them or not.

Bottom line:
Think of the amazonbookstore with jpegs/icons that a user can click and a “lightbox” of some-sort opens up the PDF contents right then and there, without navigating to another page.

Is there a plugin or something out there that I can make something like this possible on my site?

Thank you kindly!