Get SharePoint List by List Title using LINQ

using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;


using System.Linq;


public List GetListByName(string siteUrl, string listName)
{

    using(ClientContext _context = new ClientContext(siteUrl))

    {

        //in case of login user has access to site

        _context.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

        //if you want to provide the credentials

        // _context.Credentials = new System.Net.NetworkCredential(userName, password, domain);

        Web web = _context.Web;

        var list = _context.LoadQuery(_context.Web.Lists.Where(l => l.Title == listName));

        _context.ExecuteQuery();

        return list.FirstOrDefault();

    }

}