values.py

#  Retrieve values as a dictionary
>>> Book.objects.values('title', 'author__name')
<QuerySet [{'author__name': u'Nikolai Gogol', 'title': u'The Overcoat'}, {'author__name': u'Leo Tolstoy', 'title': u'War and Peace'}]>

#  Retrieve values as a tuple
>>> Book.objects.values_list('title', 'author__name')
<QuerySet [(u'The Overcoat', u'Nikolai Gogol'),
(u'War and Peace', u'Leo Tolstoy')]>
>>> Book.objects.values_list('title')
<QuerySet [(u'The Overcoat',), (u'War and Peace',)]>

#  With one value, it is easier to flatten the list
>>> Book.objects.values_list('title', flat=True)
<QuerySet [u'The Overcoat', u'War and Peace']>