Grattan Kirk – CEO Stefan Marnewick – CFO Exclusive Books is one of South Africa's largest bookselling chains with stores throughout South Africa, and one store in Gaborone, Botswana and one in Windhoek, Namibia.

Philip Joseph expanded the business by setting up a further branch in 1954 in Hillbrow, then one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

The bookstore offered late night and Sunday trading, contributing to its growth.

On 22 September 2013, it was announced that Exclusive Books – and its sister company Van Schaik Bookstore – was being sold by TMG to a private consortium led by Medu Capital for R435 million.

In 2010, this was replaced by Exclus1ves.co.za,[7] which was one of the first e-commerce sites in South Africa to incorporate gamification, they now operate as Exclusivebooks.co.za.