35+ Amazing CSS Book Effects (Free Code + Demos)

Enjoy this 100% free and open source collection of HTML and CSS book effect code examples. The list includes 3d, animation, flip, and layout book effects.

1. 3D CSS Book Design

CSS Book Effects - 3D CSS Book Design
Author: Mina Mounir (mina-mounir)
Created on: June 5, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS

2. The Handbook Download Animation

CSS Book Effects - The handbook download animation
Author: Yancy Min (yancy)
Created on: July 28, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS

3. Responsive Comic Book Layout

CSS Book Effects - Responsive Comic Book Layout
A responsive layout using flexbox with narrative text and speech bubbles styled in CSS. Background patterns also in CSS. The only acceptable use of Comic Sans font. :)
Author: Chris Smith (chris22smith)
Created on: April 23, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: responsive, rwd, comic-book, speech-bubble, flexbox

4. Animated Books With CSS 3D Transforms

CSS Book Effects - Animated Books with CSS 3D Transforms
A creative way to show interactive books using CSS 3D Transforms. In this playground we’ll show you some creative, animated books with CSS 3D transforms and transitions.

5. Single Div Book Effect

CSS Book Effects - Single Div Book Effect
Author: Poulami Chakraborty (poulamic)
Created on: June 19, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS

6. George Orwell Book Cover In CSS

CSS Book Effects - George Orwell Book Cover in CSS
Author: Thea (HighFlyer)
Created on: March 21, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS

7. 3D Book Effect

CSS Book Effects - 3D Book Effect
Author: Tim Holman (tholman)
Created on: February 18, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS

9. CSS Only Flipping Book

CSS Book Effects - CSS Only Flipping Book
Author: Dhanish (dhanishgajjar)
Created on: July 30, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: css, book, animation, ui, interaction

10. Book. HTML+CSS Only.

CSS Book Effects - Book. HTML+CSS Only.
This book was created using HTML and CSS only, In Webflow. It has some CSS animations on mouse-hover.
Author: Anna Sabatini (sabanna)
Created on: March 13, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: codepenchallenge

11. Book Group UI

CSS Book Effects - Book Group UI
Author: NVC (Snowing)
Created on: June 7, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS

12. Comic Book Style Layout With CSS Grid

CSS Book Effects - Comic book style layout with CSS Grid
Going crazy again with Grid CSS. This one is done in 30 minutes so the code quality isn't that good. I brute force my way to get the layout right quickly by using the dev tools as well. Anyway, only works well on browsers with Grid AND Clip Path. For Clip Path, it should work with Firefox ...
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Author: Aysha Anggraini (rrenula)
Created on: September 29, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: css-grid, comic, layout, grid

13. [3D] Flip Hover Effects, Book Of Congratulations From The Game

CSS Book Effects - [3D] Flip Hover Effects, Book Of Congratulations  from the game
Author: Vladislav (rikanutyy)
Created on: January 5, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: game, hover, html, css, 3d

14. Book Opening Animation (Pure CSS)

CSS Book Effects - Book Opening Animation (Pure CSS)
Author: Valeriia (wwwebneko)
Created on: October 23, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: book, opening, uncover, journal

15. 3D Book Browsing

CSS Book Effects - 3D Book Browsing
A CSS-only demo that simulates picking books off a shelf and previewing a page (on hover) in first-person. It all works using labels and offscreen radio inputs for each book, and a reset input as a Return button allows you to put everything back to its original position. I made up almost a...
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Author: Jon Kantner (jkantner)
Created on: June 15, 2017
Made with: Pug, SCSS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: 3d, books, bookshelf

16. Book Flip

CSS Book Effects - Book Flip
Author: Thomas Podgrodzki (Podgro)
Created on: January 31, 2016
Made with: HTML, Less, JS

17. Responsive Comic Book Layout

CSS Book Effects - Responsive Comic Book Layout
A responsive layout using flexbox with narrative text and speech bubbles styled in CSS. Background patterns also in CSS. The only acceptable use of Comic Sans font. :)
Author: Chris Smith (chris22smith)
Created on: April 23, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: responsive, rwd, comic-book, speech-bubble, flexbox

18. CSS 3D Bending Effect - Page Flip

CSS Book Effects - CSS 3D Bending Effect - Page Flip
Now with bookmark! CSS only experiment. Page flip with bending effect. Works only on browsers that support transform-style: preserve-3d.
Author: Fabrizio Bianchi (_fbrz)
Created on: August 10, 2014
Made with: Haml, CSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: None
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Haml

19. Jumpy Book Shelf

CSS Book Effects - Jumpy Book Shelf
This animation is purely an easter egg. We try and put in a little unexpected fun wherever we can when designing our products. This was part of the Helix Cup web app we just launched where one of the experience tenants was simply: ‘fun’. The books were used on a downloadable resource panel...
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Author: Ryan Mack (ryanmclaughlin)
Created on: March 19, 2015
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: svg, animation, motion, books, easter-egg

20. 3D Book Showcase

CSS Book Effects - 3D Book Showcase
An experiment about a realistic looking book showcase with some interactivity using CSS 3D transforms.

21. Pure CSS Animal Book

CSS Book Effects - Pure CSS animal book
Author: Ana Tudor (thebabydino)
Created on: January 27, 2014
Made with: Haml, SCSS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Haml
Tags: 3d, animation, transform, haml, sass

22. Animated CSS Book

CSS Book Effects - Animated CSS Book
visit http://fivera.net/ Original by Marco Barría for Codrops http://tympanus.net/Development/AnimatedBooks/
Author: Fivera (fivera)
Created on: November 30, 2013
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: css, animation, book

23. Book Flip Responsive

CSS Book Effects - Book Flip Responsive
Author: anastasijaprogramer (anastasijaprogramer)
Created on: September 2, 2020
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: book, page, flip, responsive, cover

24. CSS Coffee Table Book Effect

CSS Book Effects - CSS coffee table book effect
Add a containing div to turn an image into coffee table book.
Author: Lynn Fisher (lynnandtonic)
Created on: July 16, 2020
Made with: HTML, Stylus, JS
Tags: css, illustration, book, perspective

25. Flip Book

CSS Book Effects - Flip Book
Author: Smartika Tech (samuelmwangi)
Created on: May 23, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: flipbook, flip-book, flipbooks, flip-books, book

26. Book Hover

CSS Book Effects - book hover
Author: omer cetin (omercetin)
Created on: March 18, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: hover, book, css, transform, cover

27. Booklet, Pure HTML & CSS

CSS Book Effects - Booklet, pure HTML & CSS
Small booklet realized with pure HTML and CSS, no JavaScript. Working with Chrome and Edge, still some z-index issues with Firefox.
Author: Mark Bücker (Mark-B)
Created on: March 15, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: book, turn pages

28. Old Book Layout

CSS Book Effects - Old book layout
A New Year's side project.
Author: Lógico (logico-ar)
Created on: December 31, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: old book, layout, book, minimal

29. Pure CSS Books Animation

CSS Book Effects - Pure CSS Books Animation
Author: roque363 (roque363)
Created on: August 26, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: book, animation, show on hover, hover, book animation

30. CSS Only: Alphabet Book (turn My Pages)

CSS Book Effects - CSS Only: Alphabet Book (turn my pages)
Author: Kit Jenson (kitjenson)
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS

31. Book Overlay

CSS Book Effects - Book overlay
An experiment in adding an overlay on top of an image to simulate a hardcover book with a spine. The idea was based on Apple Books presenting their books in the same way, but using PNG image overlays to create the effect.
Author: aepicos (aepicos)
Created on: May 17, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: book, overlay, shading

32. Book HTML

CSS Book Effects - Book HTML
Author: Sweety (create_vc)
Created on: May 8, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: book, book style page, book html, book layout

33. Book Made With Pure Css

CSS Book Effects - Book made with pure css
Author: Siddharth raymaghi (raymaghi)
Created on: April 11, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: html, css, javascript, book, begineer