diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b1de88..5d83ede 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,14 +42,15 @@ headings is added.
 Changing the default behavior can be done using the vairous named parameters:
 ```typst
 #let hydra(
-  sel: heading,                   // the elements to consider
-  prev-filter: (_, _, _) => true, // check if the last element is eligible
-  next-filter: (_, _, _) => true, // check if the next element is eligible
-  display: core.display,          // displays the eligible element
-  paper: "a4",                    // the paper size to use
-  page-size: auto,                // the smaller page size if set
-  top-margin: auto,               // the top margin is set
-  loc: none,                      // a location from which to search
+  sel: heading,                     // the elements to consider
+  prev-filter: (ctx, p, n) => true, // check if the last element is eligible
+  next-filter: (ctx, p, n) => true, // check if the next element is eligible
+  display: core.display,            // displays the eligible element
+  is-book: false,                   // whether the redundancy check should be book aware
+  paper: "a4",                      // the paper size to use
+  page-size: auto,                  // the smaller page size if set
+  top-margin: auto,                 // the top margin is set
+  loc: none,                        // a location from which to search
 ) = {
   ...
 }
@@ -61,10 +62,15 @@ a complicated selector `(heading, h => h.level in (1, 2, 3))`. This function is
 matching element in your document.
 
 `loc` can be used in contexts where location is already known, this avoids a call to `locate`,
-allowing you to inspect the result of `display` directly. `prev-filter` and `next-filter` are used
-to check if an element is eligible for being displayed. They receive the `context`, the previous and
-next element relative to the given `loc`, the element thast is checked for is not `none`, but the
-other may be.
+allowing you to inspect the result of `display` directly.
+
+`prev-filter` and `next-filter` are used to check if an element is eligible for being displayed.
+They receive the `context`, the previous and next element relative to the given `loc`, the element
+that is checked for is not `none`, but the other may be. These fucntions are executed at most once.
+
+If `is-book` is set to `true`, it will not display the element if it is visible on the previous
+open page. This means for a book with `left` binding, if hydra is used on the right page while the
+previous section is visible on the left page, it will display nothing.
 
 Of `paper`, `page-size` and `top-margin` exactly one must be given. `paper` and `page-size` are for
 convenience aand will be used to calculate the `top-margin` for you. Use them as follows:
diff --git a/src/core.typ b/src/core.typ
index 4664c4d..c0452af 100644
--- a/src/core.typ
+++ b/src/core.typ
@@ -20,10 +20,19 @@
   (prev, next, ctx.loc)
 }
 
-// check if the next heading is on the curent page
-#let is-redundant(ctx, element) = {
-  (element.location().page() == ctx.loc.page()
-    and element.location().position().y <= ctx.top-margin)
+// check if the next heading is on the current page
+#let is-redundant(ctx, prev, next) = {
+  let is-next-on-top = (
+    next.location().page() == ctx.loc.page()
+      and next.location().position().y <= ctx.top-margin
+  )
+
+  let is-prev-visible = (
+    ctx.is-book
+      and calc.odd(ctx.loc.page()) and prev.location().page() == ctx.loc.page() - 1
+  )
+
+  is-next-on-top or is-prev-visible
 }
 
 // display the heading as closely as it occured at the given loc
diff --git a/src/lib.typ b/src/lib.typ
index 24e7996..9475493 100644
--- a/src/lib.typ
+++ b/src/lib.typ
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@
 
 #let hydra(
   sel: heading,
-  prev-filter: (_, _, _) => true,
-  next-filter: (_, _, _) => true,
+  prev-filter: (ctx, p, n) => true,
+  next-filter: (ctx, p, n) => true,
   display: core.display,
   fallback-next: false,
+  is-book: false,
   paper: "a4",
   page-size: auto,
   top-margin: auto,
@@ -32,19 +33,25 @@
 
   let func = loc => {
     let ctx = (
+      is-book: is-book,
       top-margin: top-margin,
       loc: loc,
     )
 
-    let (last, next, loc) = core.get-adjacent-from(ctx, sel, filter)
+    let (prev, next, loc) = core.get-adjacent-from(ctx, sel, filter)
     ctx.loc = loc
 
-    let last-eligible = last != none and prev-filter(ctx, last, next)
-    let next-eligible = next != none and next-filter(ctx, last, next)
-    let last-redundant = next-eligible and ctx.top-margin != none and core.is-redundant(ctx, next)
+    let prev-eligible = prev != none and prev-filter(ctx, prev, next)
+    let next-eligible = next != none and next-filter(ctx, prev, next)
+    let prev-redundant = (
+      prev-eligible
+        and next-eligible
+        and ctx.top-margin != none
+        and core.is-redundant(ctx, prev, next)
+    )
 
-    if last-eligible and not last-redundant {
-      display(ctx, last)
+    if prev-eligible and not prev-redundant {
+      display(ctx, prev)
     } else if fallback-next and next-eligible {
       display(ctx, next)
     }