Virpi Timonen: In defence of the welfare state? Social policy restructuring in Finland and Sweden in the 1990s (väitöskirja). Oxford: Oxfordin yliopisto, 2001.
Virpi Timonen: Restructuring the Welfare State: Globalization and Social Policy Reform in Finland and Sweden. Cheltenham, Englanti: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2003.
Virpi Timonen, Martha Doyle & David Prendergast: No Place Like Home: Domiciliary Care Services for Older People in Ireland. Dublin: Liffey Press, 2006.
Martha Doyle & Virpi Timonen: Home care for ageing populations: A comparative analysis of domiciliary care in Denmark, Germany and the United States. Cheltenham, Englanti: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.
Virpi Timonen: Ageing societies: A comparative introduction. Maidenhead, Englanti: Open University Press, 2008.
Virpi Timonen, Martha Doyle & Ciara O'Dwyer: The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families. Dublin: Trinity College Dublin, 2009.
Sara Arber & Virpi Timonen (toim.): Contemporary grandparenting: Changing family relationships in global contexts. Bristol: Policy Press, 2012.
Virpi Timonen: Beyond Successful and Active Ageing: A Theory of Model Ageing. Bristol: Policy Press, 2016.
Virpi Timonen (toim.): Grandparenting practices around the world. Bristol: Policy Press, 2019.
12Virpi Marjaana Timonen, Helsingin yliopiston tutkimusportaali, viitattu 15.2.2023. "My research focuses on ageing societies but I work flexibly and ethusiasically across different inter-connected topics in the interest of contributing my expertise on theorising and research methods to diverse projects."