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Do you have any recommendations of books, philosophers, and/or authors that readers might like if they like Kierkegaard? Below are my recommendations.

Firstly : The rationalists, specifically René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, were highly influential to Kierkegaard not only by forcing him to think more rigorously, but also by being representatives of a worldview to which Kierkegaard was diametrically opposed. I would recommend reading Key Philosophical Writings by Descartes and On the Improvement of the Understanding by Spinoza.

Secondly : Kierkegaard was also fascinated by Socrates, whose words and deeds are known almost solely through the writings of Plato. As Plato goes, I would start with Symposium And The Death Of Socrates, as it contains many of his best dialogues; most notably Symposium (which divulges the concept of Platonic love) and Apology (wherein Socrates is put on trial for corrupting the young).

Lastly : The philosophical movement known as existentialism is definitely beholden to Kierkegaard. In fact he is often referred to as 'the father of existentialism'. Because existentialism is by its nature hard-to-classify I would recommend an anthology to start with, specifically Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre. For existentialist philosophers I would recommend José Ortega y Gasset (specifically History as a System and other Essays Toward a Philosophy of History), Friedrich Nietzsche, and Martin Heidegger. On the other hand if you would rather fiction than nonfiction I would try Franz Kafka and Albert Camus.

I also recommend Martin Buber's "I and Though" (Ich und Du) - a marvel of a small book discussing the relationship between the I and the You - both individually and co-existently (not to mention dependent on each other).