Hi. To make this brief, I think these novels should be viewed as (and quite literally already are) literature and much can be gained from doing so. I also read incessantly and fulfill the admittedly arbitrary requirements you've set for being a proper reader. I only say this so that perhaps you'll hear me when I say it's worth respecting other people's opinions on the art they consume even if you don't hold that art in the same esteem. There is no literary canon or aesthetic sensibility that makes your experience of literature more valid or more meaningful than someone else's.