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Probably retreading common ground here, but my opinion is that popular and well-written are something that we cannot judge fairly now. Future generations will have their says on the Twilight and Harry Potters and Millenium Trilogy/etc.
People considered Dickens (as mentioned before) and other serial writers like Doyle, etc, as so much garbage back in the day. The higher art forms were dedicated to studying Greek and Latin.
Now, suddenly, we study Dickens, and Shakespear, and others.
Maybe future generations will study Rowling and Clancy and Crichton. Maybe not. But popular does equal quality at least to some degree.
The issue here, I imagine , is one of technical prowess vs ability to tell a story.
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