Here is a brief, not extremely detailed recap of how faithful the first 16 Bond films are to the novels / source material:
DR. NO. The film adds several characters, like Prof. Dent, Miss Taro, Sylvia Trench and some scenes in the film are not in the book. Felix Leiter is not in the novel. Dr. No's death is different.
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. As noted, SPECTRE was added in the film.
GOLDFINGER. In the book, GF wanted to steal the gold not set off a nuke. Also, in the novel, Tilly does not die early on but is there until the end.
THUNDERBALL. The characters of Angelo and Fiona are new in the movie. In the book, the highjacker was Domino's brother not a double. Also, in the movie Domino's last name is Derval not Petacchi. The scenes where Bond first meets Domino and Largo's death are different from the book.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE. The movie is all new, aside from the Japanese locations, the characters of Tiger, Kissy and Blofeld. The plot is totally different.
OHMSS. Follows the book closely, but with a few new action scenes.
DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER. Uses the Vegas locations and the same basic plot, aside from Blofeld and the laser. The novel was just about smuggling diamonds from the UK (not Holland) to NYC and Las Vegas, and SPECTRE was not in the book. Most of the characters in the movie are from the novel.
LIVE AND LET DIE. Uses the characters and the NYC location, but New Orleans and San Monique are new. In the book, it was Florida and Jamaica. Some of the scenes from the movie were in the novel. Also, the book was about retrieving valuable gold coins from a sunken pirate ship for Russia, not drugs.
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN. Scaramanga and Goodnight are taken from the book, but the locations and plot are all new
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. All new
MOONRAKER. Uses only the name of the villain, Drax. In the book, the whole thing took place in England and was about a missile
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. Uses the characters of Columbo, Kristatos and the Havelocks, and makes a new plot around the 2 short stories from the book
OCTOPUSSY. All new, but makes a brief reference to the story of the same name and the Berlin Wall scene is sort of taken from "The Living Daylights". The faberge egg auction is from the story "The Property of a Lady"
A VIEW TO A KILL. All new, aside from the Paris location
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS. The opening sniper scene is taken from the story
LICENCE TO KILL. The attack on Leiter is from the novel "Live and Let Die", while the Krest character, with his boat, is from the story "The Hildebrand Rarity"
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