You can listen to many audio books for free at Podiobooks.Com. Some are great, and some are pretty bad, so I suggest listening to the first chapter of one before deciding if you want to continue. My first novel is over at Podiobooks, in fact.It's called, "Children of Rhatlan," and you can get to it directly here.
Other than my own book, I highly recommend anything by Scott Sigler.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.