Authors similar to Borges?

Read The Corpse Exhibition and Maupassant in general

What would you recommend by him?

Nazi lit in the Americas esp

Museo de la Novela de la Eterna is his "main" book, not sure about the translations, though.

Is there any overlap between Borges and Lovecraft?

Both are known for their dark philosophical short stories.

Interesting that you point that out. I wrote an article 2 years ago about it. Too bad it's in Spanish.

Early Cortázar short stories maybe. Bestiario comes to mind, though it's obvious Cortázar was big on coming off less 'cold' or whatever.

And I'm being 100% unironical here. Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun. The way he weaves metaphysical concepts into the setting all reminded me of Georgie, esp. the way time and memory play a role in society, Severian being so respectful of traditions and learned men, the vocabulary and narrative framed by a "translation", including a 40 page short story in the middle of the text, the homages with the blind Librarian and all those mirror devices.

Fuck Aira for being a Lamborghini fanboy.

This. At least The Rings of Saturn.

I could not recommend Aira's Ghosts enough. I don't think I had much a hold on what post-modern literature could look like until I read it.

Serious question, not trying to be an ass, but do you think you've gotten all you can out of Borges? I feel like he is the most re-readable author. I've just started reading his complete works from the beginning again and it feels incredibly fresh.

Orhan Pamuk really reminds me of him.

Also, like others have mentioned, Aira, Calvino, Sebald and Bolaño are all his heirs in some ways.