http://msmvps.com/blogs/bill/archive/2007/04/08/anonymous-types-and-generic-collections.aspxTim Ng has made a post about using a helper function to create a generic list for anonymous types. The code actually needs a bit of modification, it should really be : Function MakeList(Of T)(ByVal ParamArray items() As T) As List(Of T) Dim list As NewenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)