[Answered ]-Django model dynamically query ManyToManyField for values

You can work with getattr(…) ^[Python-doc]:

getattr(my_book_model, 'references').values('f_name', 'l_name')

so getattr(x, 'y') is thus equivalent to x.y. You should however be careful: if an arbitrary string can be used, people might exploit this as a security vulnerability.

Furthermore the use of .values(…) ^[Django-doc] is often not a good idea either. One can use serializers to convert model objects to dictionaries. This article ^{[Django-antipatterns]} explains problems with using .values(…).