3D CSS Book Covers

3d_book_cover.css

/* Fallback styles */
.book {
  display: inline-block;
  box-shadow: 5px 5px 20px #333;
  margin: 10px;
}

.book img { vertical-align: middle; }

/*
 *  In order for this to work, you must use Modernizer
 *  to detect 3D transform browser support. This will add
 *  a "csstransforms3d" class to the HTML element.
 *
 *  Visit http://modernizr.com/ for installation instructions
 */

.csstransforms3d  .books {
  -moz-perspective: 100px;
  -moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
}

.csstransforms3d  .book {
  position: relative;
  -moz-perspective: 100px;
  -moz-transform: rotateY(-3deg);
  -webkit-transform: perspective(100) rotateY(-3deg);
  outline: 1px solid transparent; /* Helps smooth jagged edges in Firefox */
  box-shadow: none;
  margin: 0;
}

.csstransforms3d  .book img {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 100%;
}

.csstransforms3d  .book:before,
.csstransforms3d  .book:after {
  position: absolute;
  top: 2%;
  height: 96%;
  content: ' ';
  z-index: -1;
}

.csstransforms3d  .book:before {
  width: 100%;
  left: 7.5%;
  background-color: #5a2d18;
  box-shadow: 5px 5px 20px #333;
}

.csstransforms3d  .book:after {
  width: 5%;
  left: 100%;
  background-color: #EFEFEF;
  box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 5px #aaa;
  -moz-transform: rotateY(20deg);
  -webkit-transform: perspective(100) rotateY(20deg);
}

index.html

<div class="books">
  <div id="book1" class="book">
    <img src="book.jpg" />
  </div>
  <div id="book2" class="book">
    <img src="book2.jpg" />
  </div>
  <div id="book3" class="book">
    <img src="book3.jpg" />
  </div>
</div>