XElement.Parse(String xml value)
using System; using System.Linq; using System.Xml.Linq; public class MainClass { public static void Main() { XElement books = XElement.Parse( @"<books> <book> <title>P</title> <author>J</author> </book> <book> <title>W</title> <author>B</author> </book> <book> <title>C</title> <author>A</author> </book> </books>"); var titles = from book in books.Elements("book") where (string)book.Element("author") == "J" select book.Element("title"); foreach (var title in titles) Console.WriteLine(title.Value); } }