LINQ query to return a Dictionary
Use the ToDictionary method directly. var result = // as Jon Skeet pointed out, OrderBy is useless here, I just leave it // show how to use OrderBy in a LINQ query myClassCollection.OrderBy(mc => mc.SomePropToSortOn) .ToDictionary(mc => mc.KeyProp.ToString(), mc => mc.ValueProp.ToString(), StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);