Though depending on what you're after, you could go with the conditional display of objects on a single sheet, or use a container object, that sort of thing. To me, the tabs at the top ARE the way of selecting sheets, and it seems abnormal to change it to some other way of selecting sheets, particularly when you then STILL need to click on the tab. But I know it can be annoying to see multiple lines of verbose sheet names. I try to keep my names short and keep the sheets on a single row on a "standard" monitor. But with as many sheets as you're talking about, I can see that not really being an option.
