Insert blank page before TOC

Question

I have been trying to put a blank page before the table of contents, but Latex seems to ignore \newpage or \doubleclearpage. The only thing that worked was \afterpage{\null\newpage} of the package afterpage, with a problem though: it inserted two white pages instead of one.

\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[a4paper,twoside,includefoot,lmargin=30mm,rmargin=27mm,tmargin=25mm, bmargin=25mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[skip=2pt plus1pt, indent=15pt]{parskip}
\usepackage[polutonikogreek,latin,portuges]{babel}
\addto\captionsportuges{% Replace "english" with the language you use
    \renewcommand{\contentsname}%
    {Índice}%
}
\addto\captionsportuges{\renewcommand{\partname}{}
    \renewcommand{\chaptername}{}}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{XCharter}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyfoot[C]{\thepage} % page number on bottom right
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% supress horizontal line
\pagestyle{fancy} % activate the style fancy
\widowpenalty10000
\clubpenalty10000
\newenvironment{dedication}
{
    \cleardoublepage
    \thispagestyle{empty}
    \vspace{\stretch{1}}
    \hfill\begin{minipage}[t]{0.66\textwidth}
        \raggedleft
    }%
    {
    \end{minipage}
    \vspace{\stretch{3}}
    \clearpage
}
\begin{document}
    \begin{titlepage}
    \newcommand\nbvspace[1][3]{\vspace*{\stretch{#1}}}

    \newcommand\nbstretchyspace{\spaceskip0.5em plus 0.25em minus 0.25em}

    \newcommand{\nbtitlestretch}{\spaceskip0.6em}
    \pagestyle{empty}
    \begin{center}
        \bfseries
        \nbvspace[1]
        \Huge
        {\nbtitlestretch\LARGE
            Something of no importance}

        \nbvspace[1]
        \normalsize

        THE BOOK

        \nbvspace[1]
        \small Foreword by \\[0.5em]
        \Large A. Author \\[0.8em]


        PLACE\\
        \large
        PRINTER
        \nbvspace[1]
    \end{center}
\end{titlepage}
\newpage

\vspace*{\fill}
\begin{minipage}{10cm}
    \textbf{Authors}


    A Author

    B Author
    \vspace{25mm}

    \textbf{Edition}
    Press of Somwhere

    ISBN: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    \copyright Printed at home

\end{minipage}
\pagenumbering{gobble}






\begin{dedication}
    In memory of somebody \\

    \vspace{\baselineskip}
    C. D.   

    \vspace{8mm}
    The the unknown reader \\

    \vspace{\baselineskip}
    A. B.
\end{dedication}
\pagenumbering{gobble}
%\clearpage


\pagenumbering{arabic}
\tableofcontents
\setcounter{page}{3}
\newpage
\part{Part one}
\chapter{First chapter}
\chapter{Second chapter}
\chapter{Third chapter}

\part{Part two}
\chapter{First chapter}
\chapter{Second chapter}
\chapter{Third chapter}


\end{document}

This is probably and even page/odd page issue. The TOC is supposed to be on an odd page, which it apparently already is. So a single blank page would put it on an even page, in which case it will move to the next odd page. — John Kormylo, Nov 24 '23 at 15:58
The easy solution would be to use [oneside] with book and manually add blank pages where you want them. — John Kormylo, Nov 24 '23 at 16:02

John Smith · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-24T16:18:35.263

I would use \cleardoublepage and \thispagestyle{empty} this will ensure that a new right-hand page is started and that this page is blank without any headers or footers.

For the table of contents to start at a specific page number, you should reset the page counter right after the blank page.

\documentclass{book}
% ... [your other package and settings] ...
\begin{document}
    \begin{titlepage}
        % Title page content
    \end{titlepage}
% Other front matter content like dedication
\begin{dedication}
    % Dedication content
\end{dedication}

% Insert a blank page
\cleardoublepage
\thispagestyle{empty}
\null
\newpage

% Start the page numbering
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\setcounter{page}{3}

% Table of contents
\tableofcontents
\newpage


\part{Part one}
% ... rest of your document ...

\end{document}

Insert blank page before TOC

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