using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = @"

        {

            ""AAPL"": {

                ""price"": 205

            },

            ""GOOG"": {

                ""price"": 1230.38

            },

            ""FB"": {

                ""price"": 178.41

            }

        }";

​

        var quotes = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Quote>>(json, new QuoteListConverter());

        foreach (var quote in quotes)

        {

            Console.WriteLine(quote.Symbol + ": " + quote.Price);

        }

    }

}

​

public class Quote

{

    public double Price { get; set; }

    public string Symbol { get; set; }

}

​

public class QuoteListConverter : JsonConverter

{

    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)

    {

        return objectType == typeof(List<Quote>);

    }

​

    public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)

    {

        JObject obj = JObject.Load(reader);

        return obj.Properties()

                  .Select(p => new Quote

                  {

                      Symbol = p.Name,

                      Price = p.Value["price"].ToObject<double>()

                  })

                  .ToList();

    }

​

    public override bool CanWrite

    {

        get { return false; }

    }

​

    public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)

    {

        throw new NotImplementedException();

    }

}

​