For odd / right-side pages you can use \cleardoublepage
in two-sided documents. (In one-sided ones \cleardoublepage
is identical to \clearpage
)
To force even / left-side pages you would need to define your own macro based on \cleardoublepage
, but with reversed logic:
\documentclass{book}
\newcommand*\cleartoleftpage{%
\clearpage
\ifodd\value{page}\hbox{}\newpage\fi
}
% Demonstration / Test:
\begin{document}
Title on right side
\cleardoublepage
other title on right side
\cleartoleftpage
on the left side
\cleartoleftpage
also on the left side
\cleardoublepage
right side again
\end{document}
A more complex version which behaves nicely in single-sided documents and also supports two-column mode is:
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\cleartoleftpage}{%
\clearpage
\if@twoside
\ifodd\c@page
\hbox{}\newpage
\if@twocolumn
\hbox{}\newpage
\fi
\fi
\fi
}
\makeatother
This is the definition of \cleardoublepage
just with the \else
removed to negate the logic, i.e. make it force even pages instead of odd.