Consider this MWE:
\documentclass[12pt%,oneside%
]{book}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.2}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
%\raggedbottom
\chapter{ABC}
See how this chapter heading is not in the same place as the following one? Try the oneside option of the book class, and the problem disappears!
\chapter{ABC}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}
You'll note the positions of the first and second chapter headings are different. This is quite annoying when switching from one doublepage to another after a very short chapter.
How can I fix this without using \raggedbottom
or oneside
?